The discoveries could mark a step toward antiobesity treatments that melt away bad white fat, either by firing up existing fat-burning brown cells in the body or by transplanting new ones.

• 这一发现可能标志着熔化白色脂肪细胞来抵抗肥胖的疗法向前迈进一步，通过燃烧体内已有的棕色细胞或移植新的棕色细胞。