Whether or not someone develops Parkinson's disease may be a game of nanometers. A recent study has demonstrated that chains of fatty acids in the lysosome just one-half nanometer longer than ...

A lipid hidden within cells called phosphatidylserine reveals how the body initiates the removal of threats and cellular debris.

Very long-chain lipids in the most superficial layer of the tear film cause severe dry eye disease when they were shortened in mice -- a result that could help develop new drugs for the disease. With ...

“We’ve never had such an in-depth map of the CD1 lipidome available,” said Patricia Barral, an immunologist at King’s College London who was not involved with the work. “It will enable us to start ...

Researchers have outlined a sequence of events that can lead to Parkinson's disease, including disruptions to lipid mechanisms. The team, led by researchers at the US' Baylor College of Medicine and ...

Messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics have moved from a promising idea to clinical reality, accelerating vaccine development and opening new paths ...

Scientists developed a highly efficient, targeted method for delivering gene editing machinery to specific tissues and organs, demonstrating the treatment of high cholesterol by targeting genes in the ...