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Cold adaptation: gut bacteria can make the difference

If someone told you that in our body we harbour billions of bacteria, surely you would feel mocked, but it's true! There is evidence showing that microbes colonize all the part of our body that are exposed to the external environment (like mouth and skin),... click to read more

Daniele Guido | PhD student at Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Switzerland

microbiota

immune cells

beige fat

Reading time 3 min

published on Sep 7, 2016

The colour beige: heating up the fat

In mammals, adipose tissue is a specialized tissue that functions as the major storage site for fat. When glucose supplies are low (for example when an organism is food-deprived), the stored fat can be used to produce energy, so that the organism may be constantly... click to read more

Caterina Da Rè | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

health

beige fat

brown fat

white fat

obesity

thermogenesis

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Apr 1, 2016