Lipids are fatty compounds that perform a range of essential functions in the body. Phospholipids, steroids, and triglycerides are examples of lipids. Although lipids play an essential role in the ...

It is now known that lipids play a much more important role in the body than previously believed. It was previously known that lipids played the role of storage of energy or forming cell membranes ...

Membrane proteins spend their time surrounded by lipids. For a long time, researchers thought those lipids didn’t really matter, that they were just a backdrop for the real players, an annoyance to be ...

New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease. A new approach has given Hokkaido University researchers insight into the synthesis and ...

Scientists have long wanted to get a closer look at the movement of lipids around a cell, but because organelles are so close ...

As the major structural component of cell membranes, lipids not only serve as barriers but also play active roles in cellular function. The fission and fusion of lipid membranes underlies the majority ...

Lipids are fatty molecules that play critical roles in cell function, including membrane structure, energy storage and ...

GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--About 20 million people in the United States aged 65 years or older suffer from early memory impairment disturbing their daily life as they struggle to remember the ...

Researchers found that triple-negative breast cancer cells are “addicted” to lipids, a feature tied to obesity. By studying ...

BLONZ: I have been eating more nuts and seeds, and also adding them to our children's lunches. I would like to know their effect on blood lipids and triglycerides. In your reply, I hope you will ...