A new study has revealed the clearest-ever picture of the surface chemistry of worm species that provides insights into how animals interact with their environment and each other. These discoveries ...

Comparing fur samples collected from animals in Svalbard, Norway, an international team of researchers first identified that ...

The following is a summary of “Biomarkers of oxidation, inflammation and intestinal permeability in persons with diabetes ...

A key problem in membrane research is simply the lack of reliable chemical analyses. The necessary lipid composition data have proven difficult to obtain for most real biological membranes.

Researchers at the University of Surrey, in collaboration with an international team, have found that a unique mix of lipids ...

(A) The plasma membrane of a cell is a bilayer of glycerophospholipid molecules. (B) A single glycerophospholipid molecule is composed of two major regions: a hydrophilic head (green) and ...

They studied brain tissue samples from four healthy individuals and assessed the lipid composition in 75 different ... the Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics of RAS (Moscow ...

We strive to unravel the mechanisms driving biological adaptation to environmental stressors through chemical modifications of ... and stable isotope composition of cell membrane lipids (biomarkers) ...