Changes to a person's cholesterol over time might have a surprising impact on their risk of dementia, a new study found.

The tryptophan pathway makes tryptophan, the cholesterol pathway makes cholesterol, and neither pathway makes side products. How has such perfection come about? Presumably, evolution—successive ...

Two enzyme inhibitors join forces in reducing bladder cancer cell proliferation. n 1996, molecular biologist Kun Ping Lu, a ...

Scientists have discovered a potential new treatment for familial hypercholesterolemia, inspired by signs seen in the Mona ...

Researchers from the University of Leicester, working with international collaborators, have unraveled a key mechanism by ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Beneficial gut microbes and the body collaborate to regulate fat metabolism and cholesterol levels. An enzyme in intestinal cells converts bile acids into bile ...

Tracking lipid variability may be a reliable method of predicting dementia and cognitive decline among community-dwelling ...

Our aim was to evaluate the changes of cholesterol metabolism induced by malabsorptive and restrictive surgery independent of weight loss. Results—Subjects had similar values at baseline.

A combination therapy of two drugs — a statin and a protein inhibitor — may help suppress the creation and growth of tumors ...

After mapping out the molecular pathway between PIN1 and cholesterol, the researchers developed an effective treatment regimen that largely halted tumor growth in their mouse model of cancer.