In a paper published last month, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center introduced lipid nanoparticles — hollow, fatty ...

Alzheimer's disease progression linked to microglia fat metabolism, potential new treatment target identified in recent study ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 16 of Oncotarget on June 25, 2025, titled "Hypoxia induced lipid droplet ...

Scientists have produced the first detailed characterization of the changes that weight loss causes in human fat tissue by ...

Lipid droplets have rarely been spotted within neurons, reinforcing the notion that neurons don’t metabolize fat for energy. However, in a rare disorder called hereditary spastic paraplegia, which is ...

While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the mRNA vaccines came to the rescue of many people—but in the ...

While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that ...

The research reveals that waxworms metabolise the plastics down into lipids and store them as body fat. "This is similar to ...

Discover how ancient humans scaled up their food production to survive in harsh environments.

A groundbreaking study reveals that neurons can burn fat, challenging the long-held belief that the brain relies solely on glucose for fuel.

Neanderthals had a taste for fat, and they worked hard to get it. Long before humans built cities or invented writing, these ...