A by-product of rice bran oil production has long been recognized as a source of beneficial lipids for skin health and ...

New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease. A new approach has given Hokkaido University researchers insight into the synthesis and ...

In addition to providing energy, lipids are also essential building blocks of our cell membranes. However, despite their ...

So far, it has been difficult to analyze the functions of lipid molecules in living cells. Researchers have now developed chemical tools that can be activated by light and used to influence lipid ...

A new study shows that lipid droplets in the leaves contain plant proteins such as different myosin binding proteins involved in intracellular movement, and several enzymes responsible for ...

New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease. New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for ...

Researchers have identified three previously unknown lipid molecules in rice bran, one of which strengthens the skin's ...

In a recent review published in Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, researchers assessed the function of lipids in metabolic diseases. Lipids play an essential role in the proper functioning of ...

A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body's immune system has revealed deeper insights for an international team of ...

To be effective, lipids must be transported from where they are produced to where they are needed. Unlike proteins, they do ...