Focus on fats
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
Almost everyone knows that fats are the culprits in expanding waistlines and killer diseases, but scientific understanding of the roles of "lipids" -- fats and oils -- inside cells in the body got short shrift until launch of a major research project that is the topic of the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). The C&EN article focuses on a massive effort, little-known outside the scientific community, called the Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy (LIPID MAPS).