Brown fat data expand, show promise in treatment of obesity

  • Endocrine Today, May 2013

PHOENIX — Brown fat tissue may be a promising treatment for obesity if researchers can harness the substance’s ability to burn extra lipids stored in white fat cells, according to Aaron Cypess, MD, PhD, of the Joslin Diabetes Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Cypess spoke at a press conference here about a translational research project that has garnered attention recently due to studies published in Nature Medicine.

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