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Efficient generation of adipocytes in a dish

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A protocol for efficient differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into white and brown adipocytes now enables their detailed examination at a cellular and molecular level, facilitating the study of adipocyte dysfunction in a range of metabolic diseases including diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

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Figure 1: Generation of white and brown adipocytes from human pluripotent stem cells.
Figure 2: Reprogramming strategies to derive patient-specific differentiated lineages.

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  1. Andrew G. Elefanty and Edouard G. Stanley are at the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories, Level 3, Building 75, West Ring Road, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia,

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