The missing step in the formation of a lipid molecule that allows certain single-celled organisms to survive the most extreme environments on Earth has now been deciphered. The missing step in the ...

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Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vehicles have been crucial to the success of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Without these LNP vehicles, the vaccines’ mRNA payloads wouldn’t have survived ...

Share on Pinterest Our lipid profile may hold vital clues about our health. Image credit: Yamada Taro/Getty Images. Lipids are fatty compounds that are one of the building blocks needed to make living ...

The missing step in the formation of a lipid molecule that allows certain single-celled organisms to survive the most extreme environments on Earth has now been deciphered. This new understanding, ...