Now researchers at Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center are
finding that injecting a tiny capsule of heat generating cells
into the tummies of mice helped them turn their white or bad
fat, which stores fats in the body, into brown fat. Brown fat is
good, because it revs up the metabolism, which led the mice to
to initially lose about 20 percent of belly fat after 80 days of
treatment. Overtime the mice did gain some weight back, but it
wasn't dramatic. But most importantly, researchers found, the
injection also caused a reduction in visceral fat, which is fat
that surrounds the organs, and is a main factor in serious
conditions, such as heart disease. If the vaccine is developed
for humans, it will more than likely not be used as a weight
reduction device, just yet, but more for those who are incapable
of exercising, such as the elderly or the physically impaired.