Lipid Stain (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Lipid Stain

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Researchers used a red lipid stain to reveal regions of brown fat in mice. Shown on the left are cells from a mouse in the control group with normal levels of brown fat. The image on the right was taken from a mouse with the protein Zfp516 disabled, showing almost no brown fat development.

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Photo by Jon Dempersmier

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