Féaron C. Cassidy

Maynooth University, Ireland

Dr. Féaron C. Cassidy currently works as a DOROTHY COFUND & Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow jointly between the Department of Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research at Maynooth University in Ireland. Previously, Dr. Cassidy worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (mRNA therapeutics for type 2 diabetes), at Maynooth University (obesity immunology) and at the National University of Ireland, Galway (mesenchymal stromal cells in type 2 diabetes). She completed her Ph.D. at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, on the topic of imprinted genes in adipose tissue development.

Féaron C. Cassidy

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Adipose tissue, or “fat”, has become synonymous with obesity. The public discourse frames a desire to reduce or even banish this tissue at almost every turn, with reasons ranging from aesthetics to health improvements. During decades of research into the development of adipose tissue-reducing interventions, there has also been an increasing acknowledgement and understanding of the physiological necessity for adipose tissue. Functional adipose tissue contributes to overall health due to its role in an incredibly diverse array of processes. For that reason, dysfunction in this tissue continues to be linked to a wide variety of pathologies, from infection to cancer and everything in between. In this book, we gather expert input from those currently expanding this field to provide insight into the importance of adipose tissue.

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