A large part of adipose tissue is made up of immune cells ... into a sort of stem cell mode and therefore convert into different cell types, such as adipocytes, in healthy individuals.

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

Obesity-driven white adipose tissue dysfunction is one of the main causes of type 2 diabetes (T2D ... resistant mice as well ...

A similar increase of insulin-like activity of guinea-pig serum on rat adipose tissue could be produced by a different and much simpler procedure, in which the serum was first diluted and ...

In fact, many different cells do oxidize fatty ... and in their affinity for glucose. Adipose and skeletal muscle tissues have GLUT4, a type of GLUT which is present in the plasma membrane only ...

A large part of adipose tissue is made up of immune cells ... into a sort of stem cell mode and therefore convert into different cell types, such as adipocytes, in healthy individuals.