Innovative technique converts white fat to brown fat

(Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science) Increasing healthy brown fat might help weight management and reduce symptoms of diabetes. Columbia Engineers have developed a simple, innovative method to directly convert white fat to brown fat outside the body and then reimplant it in a patient. The technique uses fat-grafting procedures commonly performed by plastic surgeons, in which fat is harvested from under the skin and then retransplanted into the same patient for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news