Brown Fat Cell (IMAGE)

The Ottawa Hospital

Brown Fat Cell

Caption

This is a photomicrograph of a brown fat cell (brown adipocyte) derived from a muscle stem cell that was induced by using an agent to reduce the amount of miR-133.

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Alessandra Pasut, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

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