The brown fat that surrounds the tumors may deprive them of nutrients.

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A scanning electron micrograph of a brown fat cell surrounded by capillaries

A scanning electron micrograph of a brown fat cell surrounded by capillaries

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Applying brown fat around cancerous tumors can reduce their size by half because burning fat is the fuel tumors need to grow. Although to date only tested in mice and human tissue, white fat could one day be extracted from people through liposuction and genetically engineered to convert it into brown fat using CRISPR technology. which then starves the tumor of nutrients such as sugar.

Brown fat is mainly found newborn human And hibernating mammals, burn other fats and sugars …

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