Brown Fat (IMAGE)

Sanford Burnham Prebys

Brown Fat

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Calorie-burning brown fat (shown here) gets a boost from natriuretic peptides produced by the heart.

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Collins lab, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

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