http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried have decoded a signal path that could boost the burning of body fat. Mice that are missing a signal switch called VASP are clearly leaner and have more of the coveted brown and beige-colored fat cells that convert energy into heat. This might point the way to a new method for fighting obesity. The researchers presented their results in the current issue of the renowned journal Science Signaling. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-beige-fat-pounds.html Medical research Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:45:13 EST news265373099 Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have isolated a new type of energy-burning fat cell in adult humans which they say may have therapeutic potential for treating obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-newly-isolated-beige-fat-cells.html Medical research Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:00:04 EST news261307335