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Detecting Brown Fat for Better Diabetes, Obesity and Cancer Treatment: Dr. Andrej Babic, Adiposs
The small amount of brown fat can make you slim. Too much may kill you.
We just don't know who has it and how much.
But this may change with this test.
You’ll hear about
- brown fat but also white fat and beige fat
- what happens when we have too much brown fat or too little
- a new contrast agent to see brown fat on a CT scan
- that allows targeted therapies for cancer, diabetes, obesity,
- and even longevity
Dr. Andrej Babic is the CEO of Adiposs. A pharmacist with a PhD in medicinal chemistry who developed molecules for the diagnosis of diabetes, obesity, and cancer at the University of Geneva. He holds patents in medical imaging, photodynamic therapy, and nanotechnology.
Adiposs is a Swiss startup that develops ImageBAT, a first-in-class CT contrast agent for brown fat. This can be a game changer in obesity treatments, metabolic diseases, diabetes type 2, and cancer.
Note where to find them:
https://adiposs.com
Timestamps:
0:00 Dr. Andrej Babic and Adiposs
1:54 What is Brown Fat vs White Fat
6:38 Researching Brown Fat in Metabolic Diseases
16:38 How Does the Contrast Agent for Brown Fat Work
19:42 Personalised Treatment in Cancer and Metabolic Diseases Targeting Brown Fat
30:04 Wasting Syndrome in Cancer
34:40 Inducing Brown Fat for Obesity Treatment in Preclinical Studies
38:05 Moving into Clinical Trials to Detect Brown Fat for Targeted Obesity, Diabetes and Cancer Treatment
50:34 Thank You, Follow Adiposs
51:33 Follow X-Health.show, Disclaimer
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