This approach uses mesenchymal stem cells isolated from a patient’s own fat tissue to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The stem cells are supposed to assist in repair of damaged tissue and ...

Adipose tissue is a cellular mosaic. To make sense of it—and gain a better understanding of metabolic conditions such as obesity—the different tiles need to be distinguished, no matter how alike they ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature. Until now researchers ...