Brown Fat, White Fat, Good Fat, Bad Fat

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Caption: Brown fat cells (stained brown with antibodies against the brown fat-specific protein Ucp1) nestled in amongst white fat cells.Credit: Patric

03/26/2013 09:02 AM EDT

Fat has been villainized; but all fat was not created equal. Our two main types of fat—brown and white—play different roles. Now, two teams of NIH-funded researchers have enriched our understanding of adipose tissue. The first team discovered ...

 

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