A density gradient of basement membrane laminins modulates retinal pigment epithelium contractility levels by differential ...

Sterols are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic cells, yet are synthesized through notoriously long, complex metabolic pathways. Researchers have used a novel approach to show how they ...

Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different. And ...

Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic ...

An international team of researchers has discovered how cholesterol can disrupt the internal functioning of the heart by ...

Reshma Bano is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Physics, University of Surrey. She earned her PhD in ...

A new study shows the tradeoff between power and efficiency in muscles is governed by proteins that form a molecular tuning ...

Lipid receptor SR-B1 identified as a potential immunotherapy target to boost NK cell antitumor response in advanced ovarian ...

Scientists from Institut Curie, the CNRS, and Inserm have just created a novel class of molecules capable of destroying ...

A new class of molecules capable of killing the cancer cells that are refractory to standard treatments and responsible for recurrence has just been developed. This crucial advance in the fight ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Current anticancer treatments essentially target the primary tumor cells that proliferate quickly, but do not effectively ...