As people live longer, age-related disorders, including many neurodegenerative diseases, are becoming increasingly common. Dementia currently affects about 55 million people worldwide, and in the ...

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have detected lipid biomarkers in children and teenagers with obesity that indicate an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, liver and heart ...

LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) has been elevated to a position of dominance in cardiovascular medicine that is not justified by its ...

A new Finnish study shows that blood markers of dysfunctional lipid metabolism are associated with poorer cognitive function in 15–17-year-olds. The findings are significant because brain development ...

A four-pronged approach to CV risk assessment that integrates genomics with lipid and inflammatory biomarkers tested in midlife is predictive of future coronary artery disease, new data from the UK ...

Palaeothermometry using archaeal lipid biomarkers exploits the temperature-sensitive composition of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) produced by marine and freshwater Archaea. Variations ...

Aβ and tau get much of the glory in Alzheimer’s disease, but the disease is far more complex than two proteins. Scientists know, for example, that lipid metabolism goes awry, but identifying ...

Summary: A collaborative neurobiology study uncovered a cellular mechanism tied to the severe, rapid progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Published by a multidisciplinary team analyzing human ...