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Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice

Fat cells called stable adipocytes (shown in white in the top image) were depleted completely from the bone (B) in mice after nine days of treatment, as shown in the bottom image. (Image courtesy of the Scheller lab)
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Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a potent pathway that begins in the brain and leads to loss of all body fat without reducing food intake.