Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health

(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The energy metabolism of the body's so-called brown fat cells is controlled by the fat molecule cardiolipin, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered in a new study. The research reveals that absence of cardiolipin in fat cells is causally linked to pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news