Understanding that there are different types in white fat cells has helped researchers to learns more about diseases associated with fat cells. “A central question in our research on metabolic disease is whether white fat cells in different parts of the body, and even within a single part of the body, are different enough that some might predispose you to disease and some might not,” says co-senior author C. Ronald Kahn, a physician and scientist. New treatment methods could be adopted for obesity, diabetes and related conditions. Many previous researches were done on white fat cells of mice. But this is the first time it is done in humans. (Credits: www.medicalnewstoday.com)
