The laboratories of Michael Czech, PhD and Silvia Corvera, MD, understand the important role that fat cells play in diabetes development and progression. They’re exploring a cell therapy by manipulating the genome of adipocytes (fat cells) to increase fat burning and improve the metabolic function. In a newly published study in Nature Communications, Emmanouela Tsagkaraki, MD, PhD, led a team of scientists who removed cell samples from humans, converted white adipocytes into brown-like cells in the lab, reproduced and multiplied those cells, and transplanted them into specialized mice to test the therapeutic approach. The data indicates the process enhanced and improved glucose metabolism. Learn more about Emmanouela and her research.