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Cholesterol

cholesterol crystals
13.11.2018

How does a helpful substance like cholesterol turn deadly? 

Arabidopsis leaves with and without cholesterol
20.02.2017

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
05.06.2013

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

Microscope image of embryonic zebrafish blood vessels
11.12.2012

A newly discovered protein ties cholesterol to blood vessel formation