What people ate at the start of a 20-year study was linked to their heart failure odds
Diet records from the early 2000s offer a window into how everyday food choices and existing health conditions…
Five lipids revealed a divide between active and inactive pregnancies
A closer look at the placental lipidome reveals molecular differences between active and inactive pregnancies, offering new clues…
Breastmilk from cannabis users showed differences, but cannabis may not be the whole story
With just two human studies directly examining how cannabis use relates to breast milk nutrients and immune components,…
Fleeting interactions between membrane sugar chains control cell division
Acting as an armor, a scaffold, and a communication platform in one, our cells’ plasma membrane lies at…
UC Berkeley researchers find new potential treatment for obesity and diabetes
Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes…
New open source tool unifies fragmented global lipid databases
In collaboration with the University of Vienna, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and Heidelberg University, researchers at…
Neutral lipids may act as functional medium for controlling supramolecular polymerization
The formation of supramolecular polymers within living cells is an emerging strategy for regulating cellular functions, and lipid…
New single-protein analysis technique provides unprecedented information on scramblases
A new single-protein analysis technique gives researchers an unprecedented ability to study proteins called scramblases, which have critical…
CIC biomaGUNE develops pulmonary surfactant nanoparticles to treat lung diseases
The CIC biomaGUNE Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials has developed pulmonary surfactant nanoparticles (the blend of lipids…
Food timing may shape how T cells respond to infection and therapy
A new study reveals how lipids released after a meal can durably boost T cell metabolism, translation, and…
Fermentation boosts anti-inflammatory power in dairy alternatives
Fermented plant-based dairy alternatives may do more than improve taste. This study reveals how they reshape bioactive lipids…
Researchers discover how cell membrane composition drives cancer proliferation
Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell…