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adipose

[ad-uh-pohs] / ˈæd əˌpoʊs /


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In the mouse tests, the researchers injected the liver cells and microspheres into fatty tissue called the perigonadal adipose tissue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Previous research has linked the compound to beneficial metabolic effects in the liver and adipose tissue, but scientists knew much less about how it might affect skeletal muscle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

Additional biochemical testing showed that visceral white adipose tissue was a major source of the age-related increase in C3.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

One possibility is to protect adipose tissue before it deteriorates, preventing fat cells from disappearing and reducing the metabolic damage caused by the disease.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

It was rather like the adipose fin of a fish, but gaudy.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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