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Lipids: are any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.
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FEB 05, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are leaving no stone unturned in the search for new antibiotics. Now a peptide that can destroy biofilms has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Scientists create nanoprecipitated microbubbles: an injectable resuscitative fluidWritten By:JAN 19, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Sunshine is known to be beneficial to our health in moderation, and scientists have discovered something surprising abou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2018Cardiology
Energy production in heart cells, like all other cells, takes place in the mitochondria, the organelles famous for being ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2018Health & Medicine
The battle of the bulge is a daily struggle for some. No, not the World War II battle, but rather the fight so many wage ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 03, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 02, 2018Cardiology
High levels of “bad” cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is a well-known risk factor f ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 27, 2017Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A new type of 3D printing uses a special ink derived from genetically altered live cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2017Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in cancer medicine, sometimes the process of killing off cancer cells can spur new tum ...DEC 04, 2017Microbiology
Fermentation can be described as a process that uses bacteria to make energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 29, 2017Videos
If you're out to eat and don't want to run to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal, you might turn to the po ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The origin of life, formally known as abiogenesis, is the natural process by which first replicating life form arises fr ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 10, 2017Videos
Medicine has been attempting to fight cancer for decades, but now scientists are calling for something better. For examp ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 03, 2017Cardiology
It’s not just fat and cholesterol that we get from our diet that contributes to heart disease. Bacteria that live ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 29, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Over the past year, findings from a Twin Study by NASA have been revealed.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2017Microbiology
Most of us already know we should be eating more complex carbohydrates, but have you ever wondered what the science behi ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 11, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body is made up of many different kinds of cells, and inside each cell are organelles, tiny machines that help carry ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2017Videos
The average American consumes about 32 teaspoons of sugar daily. This sugar is not the natural kind derived from fruits ...SEP 07, 2017Chemistry & Physics
An oligosaccharide is a small polymer that typically has three to ten individual sugar molecules. Most naturally occurri ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 04, 2017Health & Medicine
New nanomachines can target specific cells. They can now be tested for use in drug delivery, or in tumor destruction.Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are leaving no stone unturned in the search for new antibiotics. Now a peptide that can destroy biofilms has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists create nanoprecipitated microbubbles: an injectable resuscitative fluid
Written By:
JAN 19, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sunshine is known to be beneficial to our health in moderation, and scientists have discovered something surprising abou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2018
Cardiology
Energy production in heart cells, like all other cells, takes place in the mitochondria, the organelles famous for being
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2018
Health & Medicine
The battle of the bulge is a daily struggle for some. No, not the World War II battle, but rather the fight so many wage
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 03, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 02, 2018
Cardiology
High levels of “bad” cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is a well-known risk factor f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 27, 2017
Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new type of 3D printing uses a special ink derived from genetically altered live cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2017
Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in cancer medicine, sometimes the process of killing off cancer cells can spur new tum
...
DEC 04, 2017
Microbiology
Fermentation can be described as a process that uses bacteria to make energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 29, 2017
Videos
If you're out to eat and don't want to run to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal, you might turn to the po
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The origin of life, formally known as abiogenesis, is the natural process by which first replicating life form arises fr
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 10, 2017
Videos
Medicine has been attempting to fight cancer for decades, but now scientists are calling for something better. For examp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 03, 2017
Cardiology
It’s not just fat and cholesterol that we get from our diet that contributes to heart disease. Bacteria that live
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 29, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Over the past year, findings from a Twin Study by NASA have been revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Microbiology
Most of us already know we should be eating more complex carbohydrates, but have you ever wondered what the science behi
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 11, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body is made up of many different kinds of cells, and inside each cell are organelles, tiny machines that help carry
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2017
Videos
The average American consumes about 32 teaspoons of sugar daily. This sugar is not the natural kind derived from fruits
...
SEP 07, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
An oligosaccharide is a small polymer that typically has three to ten individual sugar molecules. Most naturally occurri
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
New nanomachines can target specific cells. They can now be tested for use in drug delivery, or in tumor destruction.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch