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Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity

26 Nov 2018

Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight...

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Stored fat fights against the body’s attempts to lose weight

24 Nov 2015

The fatter we are, the more our body appears to produce a protein that inhibits our ability to burn fat, suggests new research published in the...

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Brown fat

Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories

11 May 2012

Protein highlights ‘ideal mechanism’ for development of new therapies to fight obesity.

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apples

You are what you eat: Investigating nutrition and cancer

01 Apr 2007

We all know that a good diet is key to good health, but it's now clear that certain foods we eat can unmask underlying susceptibilities to cancer.

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Functional MRI scan

Why are we so fat?

01 Apr 2007

For some people, the urge to eat is uncontrollable. Cambridge scientists have taken us a step closer to understanding the causes of obesity by...

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