A peer-reviewed review identifies altered lipid uptake, synthesis, oxidation and storage as drivers of hepatocellular carcinoma and possible therapeutic targets, while warning that clinical evidence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mirum Pharmaceuticals received first treatment approval for treatment of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. Ctexli ...

Regenerating tissues following injury is a demanding task most multicellular organisms master to different levels. In order to better understand the mechanisms common to many species behind tissue ...

When it comes to aging, DNA damage and protein abnormalities tend to receive the most attention. However, how the 'lipids' ...

An integrated lipidomic and proteomic study of Meloidogyne incognita eggs reveals that cold acclimation reshapes storage ...

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 ...

Anorexia patients are 4x more likely to carry mutations in PLIN4, a fat-storage gene in muscle and adipose tissue, revealing ...

It has been discovered that the chain length of lipids that make up cell membranes increases with age, a phenomenon common to ...

Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and member of the Transdisciplinary Research Area “Life & Health” at the University of Bonn. The ...

Our body's fat metabolism plays a vital role in energy production in our body. A research team at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has discovered a molecular switch that regulates lipid ...