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1 Basic Properties of Lipids and Lipoproteins
It has been a busy—and rewarding—six months since I took over as President of the NLA. It is extremely gratifying to see so many projects that were discussed in the Board’s Strategic Plan taking shape. In our efforts to streamline processes and refine our organizational structure... more
Physical chemistry is, in part, the study of macroscopic and particulate phenomena in terms of laws and concepts of physics, and it can include the physical concepts determining motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, light and equilibrium. Physical chemistry, in contrast to chemical physics,... more
When he moved to South Dakota to fulfill a rural medicine requirement, Suneet Verma, MD, never guessed he would become fascinated with lipids. A native of Delhi, India, Dr. Verma came to the United States to do his post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical... more
Lipoprotein(a), also referred to as Lp(a), is an unusual plasma lipoprotein that was first described by Berg in 1963.1 The lipoprotein(a) particle consists of a low density lipoprotein (LDL) particle to which a single molecule of apoprotein(a) is covalently bound via a disulfide linkage to... more
Like many young clinicians starting out, Daniel Steinberg, MD, PhD, did not intend to build a career in Clinical Lipidology. But the Harvard-trained biochemist had motivation to pick a field quickly: it was 1950, the Korean War had just broken out, and he had served less than two years in World War... more