A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear ...

Obese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic ...

Fat cells have a “memory” of obesity, which may help explain why it’s so difficult to maintain weight loss, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature. Individuals who ...

Now, a study suggests that fat cells retain a memory or past obesity, which may prime the cells to grow when exposed to high-fat foods. The research "might add to the growing body of evidence that ...

A type of cell the body uses to destroy cancerous tissue gets clogged by fat and stops working, the team, from Trinity College Dublin, found. Obesity is the biggest preventable cause of cancer in ...