Scientists get fat cells to do the heavy lifting for weight loss

Researchers from the University of Colorado (UC) School of Medicine believe their findings, demonstrated in mice and in fat tissue from obese patients that underwent bariatric surgery, may be just the key. “There’s a third type of fat called beige,” said Timothy McKinsey, of the UC School of Medicine. “It’s when you take white fat, which normally isn’t all that good, and turn it into something that looks more like brown fat. By inhibiting HDAC11, we are stimulating the beiging of white fat. HDAC11 inhibition is changing the phenotype of fat tissue in a favorable way.”