They created a cell with a minimal, adaptable membrane, offering a unique platform to study how lipid complexity evolved and ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ...

Multi-C2 domain-containing ferlin proteins have key roles in membrane repair and vesicle trafficking, as well as links to ...

Global research shows how plankton adapt their cell membranes to survive changing ocean light, nutrients, and temperature.

Scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) have uncovered new details about how cells manage the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane ...

This balancing act allows for the formation of membrane domains—self ... and the hoops cells go through to make their lipids dance in just the right way." The work is published in the journal ...

Innovative delivery techniques, including high-tech nanoparticles and electroporationdevices, may convey more gene therapies into the clinic.

“They’re mainly in the cell membrane to create scaffolding for signaling proteins.” This finding raised an intriguing possibility. Was lipid metabolism in cancer cells really just the story of hungry ...

Variability among lipids affects cellular metabolism, signaling pathways, energy storage, and cell membrane structures. Therefore, it’s important for biomanufacturers to have an accurate ...

Membrane phospholipids are well known for their role as the main component of membranes where they form the lipid bilayer due to their amphipathic character. Alongside cholesterol (chol), a major ...

“They’re mainly in the cell membrane to create scaffolding for signaling proteins.” This finding raised an intriguing possibility. Was lipid metabolism in cancer cells really just the story ...