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12-HEPE, a Lipid produced in response to cold by brown adipose tissue in the human body can help reduce blood sugar, according to a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iCell Metabolism./i
The group also observed that a drug used to treat urinary dysfunction increases the amount of 12-HEPE released into the bloodstream in human patients.
The study's first author is Luiz Osorio Leiria, a researcher at the University of Campinas's Biology Institute (IB-UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo State, Brazil....