Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.

A new study has found that fat cells have memory which significantly contributes to obesity. The study was published in the journal Nature and conducted by researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

However, details of the intervening steps, as researchers have learned in the past 65 years, are quite complex — certain cells carry the flu antigen to the immune system, specific immune cells respond ...

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This story is sponsored by Health Utah. "The fat always comes back," says Dr. Whit Roberts of Health Utah. "Unless you do one very important thing. It doesn't seem to matter how you lose the weight.

A New York University study has found that kidney and nerve tissue cells can form memories much like brain cells. According to the study authors, their findings could help researchers better ...