The liver is one of the hardest working organs in the human body. It detoxifies harmful substances, helps with digestion, ...

Despite being genetically identical, bacteria can vary considerably in shape and size. Whether these variations affect ...

Or in non researcher-speak, your fat cells “remember” being fat, and seek to return to that state. If you increase your calorie consumption and have that genetic memory (“genetic” because the ...

For the first time, researchers have identified a protein that represses the activity of energy-burning brown fat. The ...

There might be a paradox in the biology of ageing. As humans grow older, their metabolisms tend to slow, they lose muscle ...

Obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are increasingly present in the population. Brown adipose tissue has a ...

With many different species entering torpor for a variety of reasons, scientists are looking to their sleepy secrets for ways ...

An investigational drug developed by Eolo Pharma is showing promise in animal experiments and an early human trial. It could ...

The baby was rested, clean—and still crying. It appeared that she was hungry, but, maddeningly, she would not take her bottle ...

Finding ways to shed a few pounds has become an American obsession. Now, researchers have hit on an idea that will be music ...