Cholesterol

cholesterol crystals

The Killer Crystal

13.11.2018

Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How does a helpful substance like cholesterol turn deadly?

Arabidopsis leaves with and without cholesterol

High Cholesterol Is Good News – in Plants

20.02.2017

Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture

The biochemical steps to making cholesterol in plants turn out to be surprisingly similar to those in animals

Human cells light up with green fluorescent markers after being penetrated by a genetically engineered virus coated with the VSV envelope protein

A Viral “Crook” Cracks Many Locks

05.06.2013

Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

How does a helpful virus often used for gene therapy break into cells?

Microscope image of embryonic zebrafish blood vessels

The Fat-Blood Connection

11.12.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology

A newly discovered protein ties cholesterol to blood vessel formation

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