The production of various metabolites by the gut microbiome crucially influences both health and disease states in the host.

Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat 'triple ...

Forestry waste can be turned into a high-value fatty acid, thanks to a bright red yeast engineered by University of Alberta ...

A new study published in the journal Immunity reveals a mechanism that allows triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) to develop ...

Learn how nonalcoholic fatty liver disease develops, its warning signs, and the steps to help safeguard the liver.

Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...

BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has become the most prevalent type of heart failure, but effective treatments are lacking. Cardiac lymphatics play a crucial role in ...

Fatty liver disease by itself is unlikely to cause sudden death. However, it can cause complications that can potentially lead to death. The liver is the body’s primary detoxifying organ. It ...

Alpha-lipoic acid is an organic compound in the body that acts as a potent antioxidant. Alpha-lipoic acid may have several health benefits, like helping reduce oxidative stress and helping the ...

Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ...