Hyperthermia, a cancer treatment using controlled heat to kill tumor cells, shows promise but faces limitations due to some tumor cells' unexpected heat resistance. Researchers from Japan have now ...

A team of scientists from the University of Ottawa and researchers from other universities and research centers around the world has discovered that 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) is an endogenous ...

Scientists have found how human cells distribute and maintain their cholesterol levels, aiding in research in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, as well as cardiovascular diseases ...

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden report that immune cells in the liver react to high cholesterol levels and engulf excess cholesterol that can otherwise cause damage to arteries.

A precursor of cholesterol, previously categorized as harmful, can protect cancer cells from cell death. In a groundbreaking study, a team led by Würzburg Professor José Pedro Friedmann Angeli has ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have known cholesterol is important in Alzheimer's, but they gained little traction in their efforts to understand the relationship between the lipid and the disease.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found how human cells distribute and maintain their cholesterol levels, contributing to research into neurodegenerative ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reveals that immune cells in the liver react to high cholesterol levels and eat up excess cholesterol that can otherwise cause damage to arteries. The ...

The problem starts with how doctors typically test for heart disease. Traditional lipid panels focus on cholesterol—a waxy substance that can build up in arteries—and triglycerides, a type of fat that ...

For years, cholesterol has been painted as the enemy. A single number on a blood test often decides whether someone feels relieved or alarmed. But the truth is more layered.As Dr Sagar Shah, ...