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'Fingerprinting' Cell Metabolism to Help Obesity, Diabetes Studies

Marc Maligalig   |

Sep 09, 2014 10:29 AM EDT

Professor Ji-Xin Cheng, from the Wledon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry at the Purdue University, and his colleagues have used new imaging technologies to track the lipid metabolism of cells to find exactly where the body's cholesterol is stored, potentially aiding research in diabetes, obesity and longevity.