A new mouse study suggests that "beige" fat surrounding blood vessels can send calming signals to the arteries—revealing an ...

Scientists knew that obesity raises the risk of hypertension. Now Paul Cohen and Mascha Koenen have uncovered the ...

A new study led by researchers at WashU Medicine reveals possible new avenues to exploit brown fat to treat metabolic diseases, such as obesity. Infrared images indicate reduced levels of heat ...

Recent research states that more than 1 billion people around the world have obesity, with scientists projecting that number may hit 4 billion by 2050. As obesity can harm a person’s overall health ...

A new discovery suggests a potential new approach to improving fitness in older adults. Rutgers Health researchers have made discoveries about brown fat that may open a new path to helping people stay ...

Moreover, bulk sequencing data led scientists to conclude that brown and beige fat cells express uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1), which encodes the protein UCP1 that halts adenosine triphosphate (ATP) ...