Instead of altering how much cholesterol you ingest via your diet, statins are a prescription medication that directly act on ...

LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a specialized process for degrading dead cells, microbes or other particles. It plays a role in innate immunity, inflammation regulation and anticancer responses.

Researchers have captured the first cryo-electron microscopy snapshots of the cold-sensing ion channel TRPM8 in its open state at low temperature, identifying the membrane lipid PIP2 as the molecular ...

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 ...

An international research team presents a new imaging technique to make lipids in cellular membranes visible and show how they are organized at the nanoscale. Biological membranes of cells and its ...

Biological membranes of cells and its subunits (organelles) are organized into tiny regions (nanodomains) made up of fats (lipids) and proteins. Those specialized regions carry out important tasks for ...

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A new class of lipids improve the rates at which lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) successfully deliver RNA therapeutics and gene editing tools, promising to increase their effectiveness of such treatments.

Cholesterol is a natural substance in the human body, and it plays an important role in keeping us healthy. It helps build ...

Despite its reputation as the main villain against heart health, cholesterol is still widely misunderstood ...