We are now even more optimistic that brown fat could be used for treating obesity and diabetes.

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It’s a marbling at the cellular level. We wondered: Wouldn’t it be nice if you could grow more brown fat? The answer is yes.

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Some of these preadipocytes may have the choice to become either white or brown fat.

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We demonstrated that brown fat burns up a substantial number of calories. We have an organ in our body whose job it is to generate heat and burn calories.