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New findings change the understanding of cholesterol’s effects on cellular membranes – News-Medical.net
For more than a decade, scientists have accepted that cholesterol – a key component of cell membranes – did not uniformly affect membranes of different types.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 8 2020
For more than a decade, scientists have accepted that cholesterol – a key component of cell membranes – did not uniformly affect membranes of different types. But a new study led by Assistant Professor Rana Ashkar of the Virginia Tech Department of Physics finds that cholesterol actually does adhere to biophysical principles.
The findings, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, have far-reaching implications in th…
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