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UC
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Brown fat turns your stored energy into heat when you get cold. New @ucsf research finds that in making heat, brown fat also acts as a "metabolic filter," using up excess essential amino acids that might otherwise increase the risk of obesity. @popsci https://t.co/HdIdUoF7dP
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UC San Francisco
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“Our work shows definitive evidence that the brain areas promoting wakefulness degenerate due to accumulation of tau -- not amyloid protein -- from the very earliest stages of [#Alzheimers]." - UCSF neurology/pathology expert @grinberg_t #research https://t.co/UR7dkv0PRB
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Stacie Dodgson
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Cool new paper out today from @DJuliusSF @UCSF - from a scorpion 🦂 toxin to a new mechanism of pain channel activation without simultaneous inflammation https://t.co/DKz5Web0LV
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