Scientists answer the question, 'why obesity disrupts fat cells, raises diabetes risk?'

The US scientists have decoded why obesity increases the risk of type-2 diabetes by targeting the fat cells.

The study, published in Cell Reports, may advance new treatments for type-2 diabetes and other chronic diseases that work by helping fat stem cells differentiate and make new, smaller fat cells.

In a first, the team from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) showed that obesity can make it difficult for the body to produce key cellular building blocks called ribosomal factors.