Women need daily doses of the antiviral medication Truvada to prevent HIV infection while men only need two doses per week due to the way the drug accumulates in different body tissues, according to a new study from pharmacy researchers the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (sciencedaily.com)
Bergmann evoked the term «lipophilia» — love of fat — to describe the affinity of different body tissues for amassing fat. (scientificamerican.com)
Our Areas of Interest IFATS current scientific areas of interest relate to facilitating the development of treatments for excess body fat, the generation of new fat tissue for reconstruction after cancer or birth - related defects and the use of adipose tissue as a source of mesenchymal stem cells that have the potential to regenerate and repair different body tissues. (ifats.org)