A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.
A new RNA-based therapy aims to address one of cardiology’s most persistent challenges: the heart’s inability to regenerate after injury.
Regular cholesterol screenings are crucial for evaluating heart risks and preventing heart attacks and strokes. Here's the ...
Take glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for example—the HbA1c test revolutionized the way we diagnose and manage diabetes because it ...
Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, are best known as the delivery vehicle for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines received by billions of people. But they are now at the center of a much larger medical revolution, ...
A recent study by the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn and the University of Freiburg shows that the mitochondria appear to be able to influence the number of lipid droplets in the cell ...
When you get blood drawn, your healthcare provider might check something called a lipid panel. This test looks at the fats in your blood, called lipids. These fats are important because they can ...
NEW ORLEANS — New data from a first-in-human trial of a CRISPR-based gene therapy for cholesterol disorders are giving lipids experts reason for optimism about the approach for treating cardiovascular ...
To many cancer biologists, the in vitro culturing of cancer cells and even tumors is so commonplace that we often don’t think twice about it. What does it take to grow cancer in a dish? As it turns ...
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, ...