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Making Heads or Tails Out of Phospholipid Synthesis

October 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Artificial Cells, cellular evolution, Lipids, Origins Of Life, Synthetic Chemistry

A team of researchers from UC San Diego, UCLA and the University of South Carolina has demonstrated how membrane-formation takes place in water from natural alkaline sources like soda lakes and hydrothermal oceanic vents.

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Ambitious Project to Understand Cellular Evolution Underway

October 6, 2020 sarah Jonas BIOCHEMISTRY, Cells, Lipids

Project focuses on lipids (fat molecules) as the starting point to understand the evolution of eukaryotic cells, carrying implications for human health and disease.

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Fat-Based Molecules are Key to Zika Virus Infection

July 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Lipids, proteins, Virus

Researchers from PNNL have helped colleagues at OHSU identify lipid molecules required for Zika infection in human cells. The specific lipids involved could also be a clue to why the virus primarily infects brain tissue.

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Scientists Team Up to Create Spongy Droplets that Mimic Cellular Organelles

July 23, 2020 sarah Jonas BIOCHEMISTRY, Lipids, Membrane, Physics, Synthetic Biology

Taking a bottom-up approach to synthetic biology, UC San Diego chemists and physicists show that lipid sponge droplets can be programmed to internally concentrate specific proteins, host and accelerate biochemical transformations and control enzymatic reactions.

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Biomedical researchers get closer to why eczema happens

June 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Atopic Dermatitis, Bacteria, Binghamton, Binghamton University, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatitis, Eczema, Engineering, Lipids, skin, State University of New York at Binghamton, stratum corneum, SUNY Binghamton

A new study from Binghamton University, State University of New York may help to peel back the layers of unhealthy skin — at least metaphorically speaking — and get closer to a cure.

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PECASE Honoree James Olzmann Investigates the Secrets of Lipid Droplets

March 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Cancer, Lipids, NIH

Lipid droplets, membrane-bound packages of lipids, have been one of our cells’ least studied components. But recently, more scientists have begun probing the mysteries that surround them and finding fascinating results. James Olzmann, Ph.D., discusses how a protein on the surface of lipid droplets could be targeted to help treat cancer.

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Scientists Discover New Clue Behind Age-Related Diseases and Food Spoilage

February 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Advanced Light Source, Age-related Diseases, aging adults, Alzheimer's Disease, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, Avocado, BIOCHEMISTRY, Cancer, Chronic Diseases, Dementia, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, food science and nutrition, Fuels, Hydroxyl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lipids, Mass Spectrometry, meat, Neurodegenative Disease, Organic Chemistry, Oxidation, Oxygen, Ozone, Parkinson's Disease, Plastic, Pollution, Synchrotron Science, ultraviolet light

Berkeley Lab scientists have made a surprising discovery that could help explain our risk for developing chronic diseases or cancers as we get older, and how our food decomposes over time.

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Lipid signaling from beta cells can potentiate an inflammatory macrophage polarization

February 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Beta Cells, Diabetes, Lipids, Macrophage, macrophage activation, Type 1 Diabetes

The insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas unwittingly produce a signal that may aid their own demise in Type 1 diabetes, according to a study of the lipid signals that drive macrophage cells in the body to two different phenotypes of activated immune cells.

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Researchers Show How Ebola Virus Hijacks Host Lipids

February 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Biophysical Society, Biophysical Society 64th Annual Meeting, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, BPS, BPS20, Ebola, Ebola Virus, FDA, Food And Drug Administration, Lipids

Robert Stahelin studies some of the world’s deadliest viruses. Filoviruses, including Ebola virus and Marburg virus, cause viral hemorrhagic fever with high fatality rates. Stahelin, professor at Purdue University, examines how these viruses take advantage of human host cells.