Incorporating medium-chain triglycerides into the regular diet of patients with rheumatoid arthritis can improve their mental well-being and social functioning, a 16-week randomized trial shows.

C15:0 is notable in the context of longevity because it appears in multiple research domains, from human population studies of lipid profiles to cellular mechanisms that underpin aging biology, ...

Whether or not someone develops Parkinson's disease may be a game of nanometers. A recent study has demonstrated that chains of fatty acids in the lysosome just one-half nanometer longer than ...

Very long-chain lipids in the most superficial layer of the tear film cause severe dry eye disease when they were shortened in mice -- a result that could help develop new drugs for the disease. With ...

Whether or not someone develops Parkinson's disease may be a game of nanometers. A recent study has demonstrated that chains of fatty acids in the lysosome just one-half nanometer longer than ...

“We’ve never had such an in-depth map of the CD1 lipidome available,” said Patricia Barral, an immunologist at King’s College London who was not involved with the work. “It will enable us to start ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population, yet we still only partly understand the nutrients it contains. More than ...

Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...