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New obesity discovery rewrites decades of fat science

By InsideWellness Editorial · May 8, 2026

Originally published by ScienceDaily Health & Medicine.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden inside fat cells that could reshape how we think about obesity and metabolic disease. A protein called HSL, long believed to simply release stored fat when the body needs energy, turns out to have a second job deep inside the nucleus of fat cells—helping keep those c

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