“Using a binary mixture of water and isopropanol, with the latter serving as a surrogate for lipids in physiological environments, we show that cholesterol monohydrate crystals grow classically by the ...

Liquid crystal droplets discovered to be exquisitely sensitive to an important bacterial lipid Date: May 19, 2011 Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Summary: In the computer displays of ...

This provided the setting for creating cholesterol crystals with the correct, physiologically relevant structure, allowing the scientists to watch how they grow in real time.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, in which the body's own immune cells attack the fatty, insulating myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers ...

MADISON – In the computer displays of medical equipment in hospitals and clinics, liquid crystal technologies have already found a major role. But a discovery reported from the University of ...

A pair of University of Houston professors, known globally for their seminal contributions to crystal engineering with specific breakthroughs in the design of therapeutics to prevent crystallization ...