Fat cells come in three colors: white, brown, and beige. White fat cells store fat in our body as an energy reserve. We need these cells, but having too many creates health problems. Brown fat cells ...

A new class of fat cells makes people healthier. The cells consume energy and produce heat through seemingly pointless biochemical reactions. Fat cells come in three colours: white, brown, and beige.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature. Until now researchers ...

Studies in mice suggest that beige fat surrounding blood vessels actively works to keep high blood pressure in check, promoting healthy vascular function even during obesity. Building on clinical ...

In a recent study published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers report that adaptive brown adipose tissue growth is regulated by the exchange protein directly activated by cyclic adenosine ...

Scientists have found an interesting link between beige fat and high blood pressure. Michela Ravasio/Stocksy People who have obesity generally have more white fat — known as white adipose tissue — in ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- New research suggests a strategy to ward off age-related weight gain, which could prevent obesity and associated health disorders like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and chronic ...

“The big surprise is that there’s an immune pathway that regulates thermogenesis,” said Peter Tontonoz, who studies lipid signaling at the University of California, Los Angeles, and who did not ...

Adipose tissue of a mouse with white and beige fat cells. The smaller cells with several droplets inside are beige fat cells (microscopic image). Fat cells come in three colours: white, brown, and ...