You may not yet have heard of chylomicrons, but a nutritional scientist at the University of Alberta believes you will soon – especially if you care about preventing a stroke or heart attack. Dr.

The familial chylomicronemia syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by severe hypertriglyceridemia and recurrent pancreatitis due to a deficiency in lipoprotein lipase (LPL). Currently, there ...

In a Phase III clinical trial, the drug volanesorsen significantly reduced blood fat (triglyceride) levels in participants with a rare disease called familial chylomicronemia syndrome; finding could ...

The knowledge gap between why people with low 'bad' cholesterol levels are still susceptible to heart attacks could be near to closing with breakthrough research from a nutritional food scientist ...

Eaten too much over the holiday season? New research shows that macrophages in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) can offset the pro-inflammatory effects of overeating saturated fats by expressing ...

UCLA investigators have identified a new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells for energy and storage. Published in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, the finding ...

Blood samples of lipemia caused by chylomicrons can be cleared using the Lipemic Serum Clarification System from Beckman Coulter. Chylomicrons are fat particles, 80–500nm in diameter, that affect the ...