Ancient polyols may have seeded the first membrane headgroups, new hypothesis proposes
A new hypothesis paper proposes that abiotically generated polyols, rather than glycerol phosphates or glycolipids, served as the first membrane ...
Tag: phospholipids
Serum Asprosin Tracks Sex, Not Fibrosis, in Chronic Hepatitis C
A prospective study of 96 patients with chronic hepatitis C found that non-fasting serum asprosin differs by sex but does ...
How Braising Transforms a Discarded Goose Byproduct Into a Flavor Powerhouse, One Lipid at a Time
A multi-omics study reveals how braising transforms low-value goose liver byproducts into an aromatic food by coupling cellular collapse to ...
Boron Trick Stops Enzyme Overreach in Soybean Oil Refining
Researchers used quantum chemistry to pinpoint the reactive group driving acyl migration in enzymatic soybean oil degumming and showed that ...
How a Devastating Root-Knot Nematode Rewires Its Lipids and Proteins to Survive the Freeze
An integrated lipidomic and proteomic study of Meloidogyne incognita eggs reveals that cold acclimation reshapes storage lipids, membrane phospholipids, and ...
Gut Probiotic Supplement Reshapes the Aroma Chemistry of Yak Meat
A probiotic strain isolated from free-grazing yaks measurably altered the volatile aroma profile and lipid composition of meat from confined ...
Rice Pathogen’s Dual-Purpose Enzyme Keeps Its Membrane Intact and Its Virulence Sharp
A bifunctional enzyme in the rice blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae doubles as a quorum-sensing signal synthase and an ...
Fats in the Brain: How Lipid Imbalance May Drive Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear
A new review in BMC Medicine argues that disrupted lipid homeostasis is an early, measurable, and modifiable driver of brain ...
A Lipid Dial May Decide Whether Bile Duct Cancer Cells Live or Die by Ferroptosis
A new review proposes that the ratio of monounsaturated to polyunsaturated membrane phospholipids acts as a tunable rheostat controlling ferroptosis ...
Knocking Out One Glycolysis Gene Rewires a Marine Microbe to Make More DHA
Deleting the aldolase gene in the marine microbe Schizochytrium limacinum SR21 redirects carbon flux away from growth and toward a ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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