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Loss of a family of microRNAs results in a dramatic increase in fat formation.

Could the gut’s bacteria – known to affect sickness and health – also make us fat? Dr. Lora Hooper, Chair of Immunology, addressed this question at the fall President’s Lecture Series presentation.

Researchers analyzed two types of interventions – lifestyle modification (exercise) and pharmacological (medicine) – to learn how best to defeat fat lying deep in the belly

Fat cells, or adipocytes, that grow in close proximity to breast cancers can shift into other cell types that promote tumor growth, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers suggests.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have demonstrated a pathway by which abdominal fat, in particular fat surrounding the internal organs, may lead to type 2 diabetes.

Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect against fatty liver disease by remodeling white fat to a healthier state.

A team of researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Touchstone Diabetes Center have successfully used CRISPR gene editing to turn fat cells normally used for storage into energy-burning cells.

Learn more about the link between fat tissue and disease at the Feb. 1 President’s Lecture

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But since white fat cells have very few nerves, how do beige fat cells get the message that it’s cold outside?