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Brown Fat Boosts Weight Loss – Researchers have found that brown fat helps boost metabolism and burn more calories, but they aren’t sure if its a symptom or a cause.

The discovery that adults retain small quantities of “brown fat”—which in infants burns calories to generate heat—has scientists exploring the possibility of using the substance as [...]

Leukemia Cells Hide In Fat – Researchers say that leukemia cells can hide in fat tissue to evade chemotherapy, which may explain why obese children with leukemia are more likely to develop chemotherapy resistance and have higher relapse rates.
A previous cancer relapse study found that obese children with leukemia are 50 percent more likely to [...]

Fatostatin Fights Fat Genes – Fat people always say that their genes are at fault and now researchers have discovered a tiny molecule, dubbed “fatostatin” that literally shuts down fat genes.

Fatostatin blocks a well known master controller of fat synthesis, a transcription factor known as SREBP or sterol regulatory element binding proteins, that activate genes [...]