Research team Prof. Jens Mittag and Dr. Rebecca Ölkrug from the University of Lübeck (IMAGE)

University of Lübeck

Research team Prof. Jens Mittag and Dr. Rebecca Ölkrug from the University of Lübeck

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Prof. Jens Mittag, Head of the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the University of Lübeck (left) with Dr. Rebecca Ölkrug, Junior Group Leader "Thyroid & BAT Programming" and first author of the study (right) found a link between thyroid hormones in pregnant women and the activity of brown adipose tissue in the offspring.

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Julia Resch, CBBM/University of Lübeck

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