New chemical tool for infection research: Visualizing the sphingomyelin metabolism
At the end of the 19th century, the German pathologist Ludwig Thudichum isolated previously unknown fatty substances (lipids) from the brain. He named the new class of molecules sphingolipids — after the Greek mythical creature Sphinx, out of respect for “the many riddles it posed to the researcher.” Since then, many diseases have been discovered … Read more
