Two Kinds of Marrow Fat (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Two Kinds of Marrow Fat

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The researchers found that both human (left) and rodent (right) leg bones called tibia appear to have two kinds of marrow fat cells, called cMAT and rMAT - and that one tends to concentrate near the top of the bone while the other is lower down.

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