Contributors
Aswathy Rai
Articles by Aswathy Rai
Journal of Lipid Research
From the journals: JLR
Aug. 23, 2024
Muscle lipids and metabolic syndrome. A new method for detecting peroxisomal disorders. Testing oligonucleotide therapy in NASH. Read about recent papers on these topics
Journal News
From the journals: MCP
March 29, 2024
Amino acids and sulfate signatures. Unveiling phosphatase substrates. Simplifying bacterial proteome profiling. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Journal News
Mechanisms of a gut bacterium 鈥� and how to stop them
Oct. 10, 2023
When Vibrio parahaemolyticus senses bile acid, two membrane proteins control the production of the toxins that cause disease.
Journal News
A great escape 鈥� how SARS-CoV-2 evades our defenses
May 25, 2023
Preliminary evidence shows that SARS-CoV-2 uses molecular mimicry, in which one of its proteins acts like a protein in our immune system.
Journal News
The sweet tale of a silkworm taste receptor
April 13, 2023
Fig wasps, jumping bristletails and silkworms help a research team construct a new structural model for a taste receptor based on the structure of a known receptor for smell.
Journal News
Strategies for protein quality control
Feb. 16, 2023
To achieve proteostasis, two arms 鈥� the spatial and the temporal 鈥� work together to prevent the toxic effects of misfolding and aggregation.
Journal News
Lipoprotein(a): Silent killer or crystal ball?
Dec. 27, 2022
High levels of this lipid transporter accelerate the buildup of cholesterol on artery walls, increasing a person鈥檚 risk for sudden reduced blood flow.
Blotter
ASBMB urges OSTP to engage stakeholders in open-access planning
Nov. 8, 2022
The society wrote: 鈥淲e urge the OSTP to engage with us and other stakeholders who can provide vital input to ensure an equitable and smooth transition to open access.鈥�
Journal News
Prion origins are key in study of chronic wasting disease
Oct. 6, 2022
A team at Colorado State reports differences in the biochemical profiles of prion strains of lymphogenic and neurogenic origins in free-ranging white-tailed deer.
Journal News
A target to prevent kidney injury by chemotherapy
Sept. 27, 2022
鈥淢any people don鈥檛 realize that the side effects of chemotherapy are not limited to hair loss, diarrhea and nausea.鈥�
Journal News
Is location everything?
Aug. 9, 2022
A lab at the University of Illinois Chicago develops site-specific tools to probe the cellular function of cholesterol.
Health Observance
Finding sarcoidosis: A clinical game of hide and seek
April 30, 2022
On one side of the bench-to-bedside spectrum, researchers are trying to identify the cause of sarcoidosis. On the other, clinicians are trying to avoid misdiagnosis as the disease's prevalence and presentation varies.