Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Abhimanyu Garg (second from right), along with (from left) colleagues Dr. Victor Cortés, Dr. Anil Agarwal and Dr. Jay Horton, has uncovered crucial clues about lipodystrophies, metabolic disorders characterized by the selective loss of fat tissues and complications of insulin resistance. Patients with the disorders manufacture little or no body fat, yet develop many of the health complications usually found in obese people.