New Imaging Study Reveals How Saturated Fatty Acids Damage Cells (IMAGE)

Columbia University

New Imaging Study Reveals How Saturated Fatty Acids Damage Cells

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Saturated fatty acids build lipids that form 'frozen islands' (blue) in cell membrane (green).

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Nicoletta Barolini, Columbia University

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