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'Good fat' may help people lose weight

BOSTON, July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists made a kind of energy-burning fat cell called "brown fat" out of mouse and human cells that may help people lose weight, the researchers said.

Study finds new way to grow blood vessels

BOSTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have discovered a molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation.

Possible new obesity target is discovered

BOSTON, July 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have determined what regulates production of a certain adipose tissue in mice -- a discovery that might lead to new obesity treatments.

New insight gained in muscular dystrophy

BOSTON, April 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have identified a key genetic component of, and possible therapeutic target for, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.

Brain's anti-oxidant defense studied

BOSTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have discovered how the brain turns on a system designed to protect its nerve cells from toxic "free radicals."

Why fasting brings on porphyria attacks

BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Boston researchers have discovered a molecular missing link that helps explain why fasting brings on acute attacks of the genetic disease hepatic porphyria.

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Fat formation decoded

BOSTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Two research groups have simultaneously discovered a critical gene responsible for fat cell development.

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