Why do cells age—and why do we lose our energy and vitality as we get older? This question is one of the central challenges ...

Lipids are fatty molecules that play critical roles in cell function, including membrane structure, energy storage and nutrient absorption. Most lipids are made in a cell organelle called the ...

Obesity and obesity-associated diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases, have reached pandemic levels worldwide and are major threats to human life. Lipid species within ...

A new study shows that lipid droplets in the leaves contain plant proteins such as different myosin binding proteins involved in intracellular movement, and several enzymes responsible for ...

Precise quantification and annotation of individual lipids is critical for understanding the complicated lipid function in biological systems. But achieving both concurrently is challenging.

Scientists who add detergents to their cell preps, take heed: You might be consigning the most interesting stuff to the trash bin. Not proteins, surely, or nucleic acids, but lipids. A class of ...

Discover how green tea and its powerful compounds, like EGCG, can support healthy triglyceride levels and overall heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Menopause is accompanied by several changes in the woman’s body that can lead to metabolic and functional ...

Sepsis, a life-threatening condition caused by dysregulated host response to infection, remains a major cause of global mortality. Sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction (SICD), also known as septic ...

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital has uncovered a chain of events that connects genetic ...