Found a way to turn “bad” fat into useful
Scientists from the Medical school of the University of George. Washington in St. Louis have found a way to turn “bad” white fat, accumulating calories in the “healthy” brown, help to burn them.
The details of the survey can be found in Cell Reports, briefly about it it is reported on the website of the scientific institution.
White adipose tissue accumulates calories, and brown fat is able to rapidly decompose, burn them, providing the body with extra energy and warmth.
Our goal is to find a method for the treatment or prevention of obesity. The results of our study show that by manipulating a specific protein in white fat, we can turn “bad” fats in polanyian Ladiator research
Scientists have conducted a series of experiments on mice. In the body of some rodent had more brown fat instead of white, and the mice were leaner than their relatives. Their body burn more calories.
“Normally in mice in brown fat tissue has very low protein levels PexRAP. When we put mice in a cold environment, the content of this protein in white fat also decreased. Thus, the white fat started to “behave” in the same way as brown. The cold causes the brown fats to burn the stored energy and generate heat,” said Mal lodha, chief justice.
Scientists have blocked PexRAP in white fat tissue of animals and white fat in the mice turned brown, helping to burn calories.
“More than two thirds of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese. About 30 million people have diabetes. If the therapy will help to convert “bad” fat into good fat, these figures will decline,” concluded Mal lodha, chief justice.