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1. Integrated Islet Distribution Program (IIDP)

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   of the IIDP. IIDP facilitates the distribution of human islets and associated samples including plasma, serum, peripancreatic lymph nodes as well as acinar...

2. The Quest To Make Visceral Fat Burn Itself

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   Seeking to learn what sparks the appearance of calorie-burning “brown fat” cells within the body’s visceral fat tissue, researchers have identified...

3. Turning Up the Heat—Important New Insights into the Biology of Brown Fat

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   New discoveries about the properties of brown and beige fat could inform research to develop potential new approaches for reducing obesity and its...

4. Ad Bax Group Software | Biophysical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section

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   MERA: Backbone Torsion Angle Distributions Evaluation in Dynamic and Disordered Proteins from NMR Data SMILE: Sparse Multidimensional Iterative...

5. Custom-made fat tissue that burns calories

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   from body fat to grow in special gels and form fat tissue that burns—rather than stores—calories. Based on earlier findings that some types of body fat...

6. Discovery of naturally occurring fats that may alleviate diabetes and inflammation

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   Working with a mouse model system, investigators have identified a group of fatty acids (a subgroup of lipids, or fat molecules) that appears...

7. Natural compound prevents obesity in mice

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   mice to avoid obesity and metabolic dysfunction despite being fed a high-fat diet. Celastrol is a natural compound extracted from the root of the thunder...

8. Cell Signaling Pathways Point to Top Notch Solution for Fatty Liver Disease

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   by fat accumulation in the liver. Treatment options for NAFLD are particularly limited. One mystery surrounding these obesity-associated metabolic diseases...

9. Leptin as a treatment for generalized lipodystrophy: a translational success story

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   years later—to an approved medical treatment for people who lack fat tissue altogether. But, that is exactly what happened, after many decades of research...

10. Workshop on Rare Syndromic Body Fat Disorders: What Can They Teach Us?

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    Meeting Objectives Studies of rare disorders affecting the amount and distribution of body fat provide opportunities to define previously...