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Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis: Research
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences characterize how the enzyme PCYT2 affects muscle health in disease and aging in laboratory mouse models. The findings are published on in Nature Metabolism.
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Study finds development of Alzheimer's linked with cholesterol, toxic prot
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Researchers at Texas A&M's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences discovered that cholesterol significantly boosts the toxicity of a peptide linked to the advancement of Alzheimer's disease.
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VAV Lipids earns appreciation from U.S. Pharmacopeia
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): VAV Lipids has announced that it received a Certificate of Appreciation from United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for its contribution to the standards-setting activities in lipid manufacturing.
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Study creates new human organoid models of fatty liver disease
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The researchers created new human organoid models of fatty liver disease. They used these models to shed light on drug responses and built a CRISPR-screening platform to find new disease mediators and potential therapeutic targets. These models will aid in the testing and development of nove
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Harnessing good fats helps to relieve multiple sclerosis: Research
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Basic nutrition teaches that excessive fat consumption is hazardous to human health. However, the components of fats are complex. Unsaturated fats, or lipids, can reduce illness risk. In fact, according to a new study, a healthy fat derivative may be able to reduce symptoms in people sufferi
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Study finds common fatty acid enhances temperature, pain sensitivity in ps
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A common fatty acid prevalent in the Western diet breaks down into chemicals that contribute to enhanced temperature and pain sensitivity in psoriatic lesions but not itch sensitivity.
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Linking fossil climate proxies to living bacteria helps climate prediction
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Microbial skins are made out of lipids - fatty molecules - which can be preserved as fossils telling us stories about how these microbes lived in the past.
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Study reveals changes in cholesterol levels in cell membrane
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Despite its health risk when its blood levels are too high, cholesterol is a vital part of the membrane that surrounds every human cell. Researchers revealed new insights into how cells achieve cholesterol homeostasis within the cell membrane.
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New study uncovers negative effects of vaping
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A vital layer in the lungs called surfactant, which is composed of lipids and proteins, lowers surface tension to enable humans to breathe easily. Without surfactants, breathing would be more difficult and require assistance from a machine.
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VAV's Lipid Solutions for Advanced Vaccines and Formulations Sparks Global
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): VAV Lipids, one of the world's leading manufacturers of specialized phospholipids for novel drugs and biologics delivery systems (NDDS) reported successful outcomes at the CPHI 2022, the world's largest pharmaceutical and bio exhibiti
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Insufficient sleep in teenagers is associated with overweight and obesity:
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep,according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics in
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Researchers give new insights into genetic causes of high cholesterol
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): A new research led by geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in collaboration with several other organisations, including the University of Otago and the Samoan health research community, the discovery of a genetic variant that
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