Molecular switch found in mice could lead to future obesity treatments

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

A surprise discovery -- that calorie-burning brown fat can be produced experimentally from muscle precursor cells in mice -- raises the prospect of new ways to fight obesity and overweight, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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