Brown fat is a thermogenically active organ that burns energy instead of storing it and has been the focus of intense research recently in the hopes of harnessing this activity to combat obesity. Sven Enerbäck and his colleagues now show that human neonates possess a classical form of this type of fat, suggesting hope that its expansion in adults may indeed be an avenue of therapy to treat obesity.
- Martin E Lidell
- Matthias J Betz
- Sven Enerbäck
