Metabolic syndrome: a game of consequences? (The Economist, 11 March 2010)

11 Mar 2010


University of Texas researchers have suggested that increased growth and activity of adipocyte cells and insulin-resistance, precursors to metabolic syndrome, could actually be protective responses to a 'toxic' level of lipids in the blood, revealing new insights into the management of insulin-resistance, obesity and other related conditions.

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