Fat cells with a sweet tooth

Fat cells with a sweet tooth

Fat cells with a sweet tooth, Published online: 19 December 2018; doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07739-6

Some fat cells convert energy into heat, so targeting them to induce weight loss is appealing. The discovery that a subset of the cells burns glucose, rather than both glucose and lipids, could improve our ability to do just that.

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