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• Maternal Stress Found to Negate Metabolic Benefits of Prenatal Exercise in Male Offspring

  Published: Apr 22, 2026

  Section: Healthy Lifestyle

  New research published in The FASEB Journal indicates that high levels of prenatal stress can effectively blunt the positive metabolic effects of physical activity during pregnancy...

• New York University Researchers Uncover Protein Pathway That Builds Infrastructure for Calorie Burning Brown Fat

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Health

  Scientists at NYU have identified a biological system centered on the protein SLIT3 that constructs necessary nerve and vessel networks in brown fat. This structural expansion allo...

• NYU Study Discovers Split Protein Signal That Expands Brown Fat Infrastructure to Combat Obesity and Insulin Resistance

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: Research

  Researchers have identified a molecular "split signal" within brown fat that independently coordinates the growth of essential nerve and blood vessel networks. This discovery revea...

• NYU Researchers Identify Genetic Split-Signal Protein That Expands Brown Fat Infrastructure to Combat Obesity

  Published: Mar 25, 2026

  Section: Health

  A study published in Nature Communications has identified the SLIT3 protein as a critical regulator that grows the nerve and blood vessel networks necessary for brown fat to burn e...