Cornell Scientists Discover Key to Youthful Weight Management

Scientists at Cornell have discovered a way to potentially reverse age-related weight gain by reactivating beige fat, a type of fat that burns calories like brown fat. They identified a signaling pathway that suppresses beige fat formation with age and found that blocking this pathway, using existing cancer drugs, can restore fat-burning activity in older mice, offering promising avenues for combating metabolic decline and obesity-related diseases.