http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a direct link between insulin -a hormone long associated with metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes -and core body temperature. While much research has been conducted on insulin since its discovery in the 1920s, this is the first time the hormone has been connected to the fundamental process of temperature regulation. http://www.physorg.com/news177861868.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:20:01 EST news177861868 Exciting research into Brown adipose tissue (BAT) - brown fat, which is found in abundance in hibernating animals and newborn babies - could lead to new ways of preventing obesity. http://www.physorg.com/news170072723.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:26:14 EST news170072723 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that they can engineer mouse and human cells to produce brown fat, a natural energy-burning type of fat that counteracts obesity. If such a strategy can be developed for use in people, the scientists say, it could open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news168094278.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:40:01 EST news168094278 Proteus syndrome is a complex disorder associated with varied, disproportionate, asymmetric overgrowth of many body parts and unregulated adipose tissue. The overgrowth seen in Proteus syndrome is progressive and difficult to manage. Patients with Proteus syndrome require repeated treatment for the progressive overgrowth of tissue over a long period. Aggressive treatment may cause severe functional and cosmetic consequences, so surgical intervention is often delayed until it is absolutely necessary. http://www.physorg.com/news167475954.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:08:45 EST news167475954 A preliminary study on the use of stem cells obtained from a patient's own adipose tissue in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown promising results. The three case studies, described in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine support further clinical evaluation of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells in MS and other autoimmune conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news159776574.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:23:23 EST news159776574 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered crucial clues about a paradoxical disease in which patients with no body fat develop many of the health complications usually found in obese people. http://www.physorg.com/news152892574.html Biology Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:10:00 EST news152892574 Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists now hope to learn how to control blood vessel development in humans in order to combat obesity and diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news150543426.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:37:06 EST news150543426 To understand where fat comes from, you have to start with a skinny mouse. By using such a creature, and observing the growth of fat after injections of different kinds of immature cells, scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rockefeller University have discovered an important fat precursor cell that may in time explain how changes in the numbers of fat cells might increase and lead to obesity. The finding, published online in this week's issue of the journal Cell, could also have implications for understanding how fat cells affect conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. http://www.physorg.com/news142339942.html Biology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:52:22 EST news142339942