Local heat therapy induces browning of adipose tissue in mice and humans, a study finds, suggesting it could help treat obesity—though some experts have reservations.

Vesicles containing fragments of the organelles released from stressed adipocytes protect the heart against oxygen deprivation, a study in mice shows.

Researchers identify a protein that promotes changes in adipose tissue in vitro and in pregnant mice and may help protect against gestational diabetes in humans.

Researchers propose a mechanism by which a protein produced in the placenta may trigger blood vessel growth and enlarge fat cells.

Researchers disentangle how adipocytes communicate with prostate tumors in mice.

Mice that lack p62 in their fat cells grow more tumors than animals that have a functioning version of the protein.

Zooming in on the ovarioles of Drosophila could reveal links between muscles, nutrition, and the development of eggs.

See how the cells accommodate milk production in mouse mammary tissue.

Adipocytes lose their lipids and reprogram themselves into stem cells during lactation, then turn back into fat cells after pups wean.

Previously considered immobile, these cells swoop in to seal epithelial holes and clean up cellular detritus.