adipose

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Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a promising new method to repair spinal fractures using stem cells extracted from adipose tissue, or body fat.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

The researchers are investigating, among other things, how hormone treatment affects skeletal muscle gene expression and the mechanisms behind changes in adipose tissue.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2024

Unlike carbohydrates, which are stored in muscle and liver as glycogen, and fats, which are stored in adipose tissue, we have nowhere to store excess protein/amino acids.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

Major sources of this fat include adipose tissue as well as fatty acids the liver makes in response to insulin resistance and excess caloric intake.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

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

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