(C) The subregions of a glycerophospholipid molecule; phosphatidylcholine is shown as an example. The hydrophilic head is composed of a choline structure (blue) and a phosphate (orange).

Lipids, or fats, are essential to life. They form the membranes around cells, protecting them from the outside. In nature, ...

Lipid nanoparticles made from lipids optimized via directed chemical evolution show high performance as mRNA delivery vehicles.

Engineers have cooked up a new way to improve mRNA delivery, developing an optimal 'recipe' for ionizable lipids -- key ingredients in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the molecules behind the COVID-19 ...

Apolipoproteins (apo) such as apoB, apoC and apoE, coat lipoprotein particles and serve a number of functions including the transport of lipids in ... particles. For example, apoC-II activates ...