Microscopic image of fat cells (green). In blue staining you can see the cell nucleus. Red is the so-called UCP1, a transmembrane protein that can generate heat without muscle activity such as trembling. Image: Yongguo Li / TUM
Microscopic image of fat cells ( green ). In blue staining you can see the cell nucleus. Red is the so-called UCP1, a transmembrane protein that can generate heat without muscle activity such as trembling. Image: Yongguo Li / TUM A new approach to treating overweight and obesity - 1.9 billion people in the world are overweight. Of these, 650 million people are obese, which increases the risk of secondary diseases such as high blood pressure or cancer. Professor Martin Klingenspor and his team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) examine how our fat metabolism affects our body weight and overall health. In cooperation with professor Bart Deplancke's systems biology group from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the team has now uncovered an entire network of genes that could turn energy storing fat into beneficial calorie burning fat.
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