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Skin Patch Dissolves “Love Handles” in Mice

New York, NY (Sept. 15, 2017)—Researchers have devised a medicated skin patch that can turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat locally while raising the body’s overall metabolism.

Brown fat has smaller droplets and a high number of mitochondria that burn fat to produce heat.

Newborns have a relative abundance of brown fat, which protects against exposure to cold temperatures.

Our skin patch appears to alleviate these complications by delivering most drugs directly to fat tissue.”.

When applied to skin, the needles painlessly pierce the skin and gradually release the drug from nanoparticles into underlying tissue.

The researchers are currently studying which drugs, or combination of drugs, work best to promote localized browning and increase overall metabolism.

The campus that Columbia University Medical Center shares with its hospital partner, NewYork-Presbyterian, is now called the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. »

Sign language interpreter used gibberish, warned of bears, monsters during Hurricane Irma update

Authored by al.com

Officials in Manatee County, Florida are under fire after an interpreter for the deaf warned about pizza and monsters during an emergency briefing related to Hurricane Irma.

The interpreter, Marshall Greene, a lifeguard for the county, has a brother who is deaf, according to the DailyMoth, a video news site that provides information via American Sign Language.

Greene was used as the interpreter for a Sept. 8 press conference regarding the incoming storm and possible evacuations. »

Sandusky son pleads guilty to child sexual abuse

Authored by cnn.com

The charges included soliciting sex from a child and soliciting child pornography.

(CNN) Jeffrey Sandusky, the son of convicted sex abuser and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, pleaded guilty Friday to all 14 counts of child sexual abuse against him.

The 14 counts included soliciting sex from a child younger than 16 and soliciting child pornography. »

Russia gave $50,000 to UN expert who wrote report calling Russia a victim

Authored by unwatch.org

Russia immediately embraced the report, saying that Moscow “categorically rejected unilateral coercive measures” which amounted to “collective punishment” and “violated the standards of international law and fundamental human rights.”.

Sanctions had been imposed “following the legitimate right of the citizens of Crimea to exercise their right to self-determination.”.

(a) Did you receive the Russian funds before or after you wrote this report, in which you describe Russia as a human rights victim?. »