It's no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle-age, but the problem isn't strictly cosmetic. Belly fat accelerates aging and slows down metabolism, increasing our risk for developing ...

A new study shows that sound isn’t just heard by the ears. Sound waves altered gene expression and influenced fat cell ...

Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell ... helps transport fats out of cell compartments known as lysosomes. Led by Associate Professor Nguyen Nam Long, from the Department ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. More than a decade ago, while studying fat cells in the mouse ear skin, Maksim Plikus and his colleagues observed a puzzling pattern in dye ...

Among the lesser-spotlighted roles of the immune system is how a particular T cell helps maintain homeostasis—fostering a balanced and stable metabolic environment—in fat cells. It's a role ...

The authors suggest that people with obesity might experience a 'redistribution' of their body compartments (i.e. fat and muscle) as they age, in the absence of any meaningful changes in their BMI ...

Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell ... helps transport fats out of cell compartments known as lysosomes. Led by Associate Professor Nguyen Nam Long, from the Department ...