Our bodies can maintain body temperature in cold environments. However, the detailed mechanism remains unclear. Researchers elucidated the molecular mechanism by which macrophages, a type of immune ...

Adipocytes, also known as fat cells, come in three main types: white, brown, and beige. White fat cells are structurally quite simple, comprising a single fat molecule and a few organelles. The ...

After the holiday season, many nutritionists face the recurring question: “I overdid it with food and want to lose weight fast — what do I do?” The answer is simple: after a few days of festive ...

Figure1. In many cell types, the energy from food is efficiently stored as ATP. In brown fat, (above) UCP allows energy losses to produce heat. October 4, 2018 Last month I showed you how humans ...