This study demonstrates a snoball effect and shows how the inflammatory response in overweight people actually blocks their ability to burn fat and lose weight by
converting white cells to brown cells.
Not exact matches
A late breaking subanalysis of the phase III
CONVERT trial presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) shows that
white blood
cell boosting drugs are safe during concurrent chemo - radiotherapy of small
cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Other research groups are also generating promising results through the use of drugs to
convert white fat
cells into brown fat and through discoveries of the pathways and hormones that control brown fat metabolism.
Activating RXR triggered a cascade of changes in muscle precursor
cells and
white fat that ultimately
converted them into brown fat - like
cells.
Scientists at the University of Bonn have shown in mice that excess pounds can simply be melted away by
converting unwanted
white fat
cells into energy - consuming brown slimming
cells.
The mice then had significantly more brown fat
cells available than did the control gro up — and had even
converted white fat
cells into brown fat
cells.
«To date, there are no drugs which directly cause
white fat
cells to
convert into brown fat
cells,» says Prof. Pfeifer.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Pfeifer from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Bonn has spent years researching how harmful
white fat
cells can be
converted into desirable brown fat
cells.
The brown
cells possess an extremely high number of mitochondria — these
cell power stations «burn»
white fat by
converting it into thermal energy.
«If we can design drugs that specifically stabilize PRDM16 protein, this can
convert white blood
cells into brown fat with fewer side - effects.
UCSF researchers have discovered how to
convert white fat
cells into calorie - burning brown fat
cells
The team says that this is a result of the oil triggering receptors in the digestive tract, activating the sympathetic nervous system and
converting white fat
cells into the beige variety.
December 21, 2016 — Noteworthy NIH advances in basic research include an expanded map of the human brain, nanoparticles that
convert white fat to calorie - burning brown fat, and a 3 - D
cell culture model of the placenta.
One was topped with a solar
cell that
converted power from a
white laboratory light.