We Just Found Out Fat Cells Can Move!
Fat cells don't often receive praise in everyday life, but they probably deserve more credit, as they might be healing our wounds. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming...
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[♪♩INTRO] Of all the cells in the human body, fat cells might get the most hate. Their main function is to store fat molecules. And while that is a very important job, a lot of people kinda maybe wish they didn’t have quite so many. But it turns out that fat cells, or adipocytes, are doing a lot for your body -- maybe even more than scientists ever imagined. Because this week, a trio of British biologists reported for the first time that fat cells can move. Oh, and also it turns out they help heal wounds. The study, which was published this week in the journal Developmental Cell, was done on fruit flies. But the team thinks fat cells might do something similar in humans. The researchers were interested in how fruit flies repair their wounds, and ...
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[♪♩INTRO] Of all the cells in the human body, fat cells might get the most hate. Their main function is to store fat molecules. And while that is a very important job, a lot of people kinda maybe wish they didn’t have quite so many. But it turns out that fat cells, or adipocytes, are doing a lot for your body -- maybe even more than scientists ever imagined. Because this week, a trio of British biologists reported for the first time that fat cells can move. Oh, and also it turns out they help heal wounds. The study, which was published this week in the journal Developmental Cell, was done on fruit flies. But the team thinks fat cells might do something similar in humans. The researchers were interested in how fruit flies repair their wounds, and ...
