Cholesterol plays an indispensable role in embryonic development, cell membrane integrity and the biosynthesis of steroid hormones. Disorders of cholesterol biosynthesis disrupt these vital processes, ...

Share on Pinterest Is there a link between cholesterol metabolism and brain health? FG Trade/Getty Images A recent study investigated the link between neurodegenerative disease proteins and defective ...

A. muciniphila genes required for growth in mucin overlap with those required to colonize the mouse intestine. Credit: Nature Microbiology (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01407-w A study led by Duke ...

Faulty lipid regulation in CLL patients impairs T-cell function, affecting treatment outcomes and resistance to current therapies. Differences in lipid metabolism between CLL patients and healthy ...

Since then, many scientists, including Lu, who now leads his own research group at Western University, have shown that PIN1 is overexpressed in different types of cancer and regulates many oncogenes ...

Eating oats for every meal for two days cut 'bad' cholesterol by up to 10 percent in a small clinical trial. Surprisingly, ...

A diagnosis of serious liver disease can feel like a slow countdown. Scar tissue builds quietly, the liver stiffens, and the ...