Lipid density has been shown to be the defining factor in membrane flexibility, potentially opening new avenues in synthetic biology. Research into membrane behavior has revealed that how tightly ...

The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.

A Scripps team has adapted advanced imaging and computation to measure cell membrane thickness inside intact animal and yeast cells, uncovering organelle-specific differences and local patterns ...

Biological processes that govern our lives are many, intertwined, and often difficult to understand. They involve countless ...

A study from FAU has shown that lipid nanoparticles restructure their membrane significantly after being absorbed into a cell ...

Cancer cells have softer membranes than healthy cells. New nanoparticles exploit this physical difference to fuse selectively with tumors and deliver mRNA therapy with minimal off-target effects.

Tsukuba, Japan—Cells contain diverse populations of molecules called lipids, which are organic fatty compounds. Lipid metabolism, the synthesis and breakdown of these lipids, plays key roles in ...

A new study shows that lipid nanoparticles restructure their membrane significantly after being absorbed into a cell and ...

Certain lipids discovered in the 1800s presented chemists with structural and functional puzzles that proved unsolvable. And so, the chemists called these lipids sphingolipids, likening them to the ...