Researchers from Israel’s Ben Gurion University (BGU) said the study could pave the way for personalised medicine in obesity, ...

Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning 'beige' fat. Once implanted, they outcompeted tumors for resources, beating back five different types of cancer in lab ...

Liposuction and plastic surgery aren't often mentioned in the same breath as cancer. But they are the inspiration for a new approach to treating cancer that uses engineered fat cells to deprive tumors ...

Senior author on the paper, Nadav Ahituv, PhD, explained: “We already routinely remove fat cells with liposuction and put ...

“We already routinely remove fat cells with liposuction and put them back via plastic surgery,” said Nadav Ahituv, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics and professor in the ...

Stem cell technology is revolutionizing cosmetic procedures. These facelifts utilize adipose-derived stem cells, extracted ...

A new approach that used CRISPR to engineer adipocytes and implant them in mice models of cancer reduced cancer progression.

Senior author on the paper, Nadav Ahituv, PhD, explained: “We already routinely remove fat cells with liposuction and put them back via plastic surgery. These fat cells can be easily manipulated ...

“Second, it impacts fat cells directly. As a result ... “With the weight-loss drugs, we still have to contour, but we might ...

Gene editing techniques may one day allow for the removal of the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome, early ...

High bilirubin levels increase the risk of developing bilirubin gallstones—a type of gallstone more prevalent in Sickle Cell ...