While cholesterol has long been the focus of heart health campaigns, new research reveals that another type of fat, called ...

Excess cholesterol is known to form artery-clogging plaques that can lead to stroke, arterial disease, heart attack, and more ...

This study is led by Professor Rong Hu's team from the Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrama, Southwest Hospital, Third Military ...

In a paper published in Science Bulletin, multi-omics analyses comprising of lipidomics (439 lipids), sterolomics (22 ...

Leal Therapeutics raised $45 million for drug development, including advancing a promising therapy into clinical trials for ...

Targeting ceramide synthase enzymes may reduce multiple sclerosis severity by limiting ceramide C16 synthesis, offering ...

Eponyms — diseases named after a person — can cause serious confusion. That is particularly true in one rare disease ...

In 1874, Johann Thudichum described sphingolipids as unusual “Sphinx-like” lipids for its enigmatic properties (1). Decades ago, sphingolipids are recognized as essential components of cell membranes ...

Carter, H. E., Norris, W. P., Glick, F. J., Phillips, G. E., and Harris, R., J. Biol. Chem., 170, 269 (1947).

Myotonia is a neuromuscular condition that causes problems with the relaxation of muscles following voluntary movements. One type of myotonia is Becker disease, also called recessive myotonia ...