I was a Fat Man

Immature, or “baby,” fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in mice. Researchers have long known that such cells were probably located near blood vessels, but they didn’t know exactly where.

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