Support grows for technology aimed at turning bad fat to good fat

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6 years ago Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: Adipo, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, uses an engineered polymeric nanoparticluate system in a product that could be first to convert energy-storing white (bad) fat to energy-burning brown (good) fat through […] Credit: Alexander M. Gokan. Article by: Chris Adam.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A significant investment from a Purdue University alumnus and his wife will help further develop technology aimed at treating obesity and diabetes by turning bad fat into good fat inside the body.

David Campbell, a 1978 graduate from Purdue’s Krannert School of Management, and his wife, Michelle, are residents of Old Hickory, Tennessee. They have committed the support to Adipo Therapeutics LLC, a Purdue-based startup, which is developing a unique treatment approach for people struggling with obesity and diabetes. This treatment could improve the lives of the more than 2 billion people worldwide who are overweight, and the 463 million suffering from diabetes. […]

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