A study has identified a key disruption in cholesterol transport to the brain in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have known cholesterol is important in Alzheimer's, but they gained little traction in their efforts to understand the relationship between the lipid and the disease.

Lipid-transport proteins have been shown to shuttle small numbers of lipid molecules between compartments. A distinct group, called bridge-like lipid-transport proteins (BLTPs), may support bulk ...

BioWorld Content on 'CASi-APOE'Switch Therapeutics Inc. has announced its first development candidate, a liver-sparing APOE (apolipoprotein E) RNAi therapy for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in ...

"A special omega-3 fatty acid lipid will change how we look at the developing and aging brain." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 5 May 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 05 / 230505101659 ...

When digging for the maximum number of needles, it helps to start with a massive haystack. That strategy worked to pin rare variants in two novel genes to AD risk. Published November 21 in Nature ...

Interorgan lipid transport is crucial for organism development and the maintenance of physiological function. Drosophila long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (dAcsl), which catalyzes the conversion of ...

Mitochondrial dysfunction abrogates dietary lipid processing in enterocytes. Nature, 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06857-0 ...

08/22/2024 By Kwok Fan Chow The Kennedy College of Science, Department of Chemistry, invites you to attend a Ph.D. Research Proposal defense by Yenping Chang entitled “Physicochemical Characterization ...