An editorial published in Brain Medicine raises the alarm about a previously overlooked threat to brain development and public health: the disruption of sterol biosynthesis by common prescription ...

A powerful editorial published today in Brain Medicine raises alarm about a previously overlooked threat to brain development and public health: the disruption of sterol biosynthesis by common ...

Helsinki, Finland - A high level of plant sterols in serum is associated with higher plant-sterol contents in carotid artery plaques, a new study shows [1]. Lead author on the study, Dr Tatu A ...

In a peer-reviewed Perspective (review) article, researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have uncovered concerning evidence that commonly prescribed medications may interfere with ...

The Aster proteins (encoded by the Gramd1a-c genes) contain a ligand-binding fold structurally similar to a START domain and mediate nonvesicular plasma membrane (PM) to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) ...

Scientists seeking to unravel the details of how plants produce and accumulate oil have identified a new essential component of the assembly line. They discovered a particular sterol -- a molecule ...