Liposomes are a unique platform for drug delivery, and a number of liposomal formulations
have already been commercialized. Doxil is a representative example, which uses …

Lipids are a fundamental class of organic molecules implicated in a wide range of biological
processes related to their structural diversity, and based on this can be broadly classified …

There is considerable interest in preparing cell‐sized giant unilamellar vesicles from natural
or nonnatural amphiphiles because a giant vesicle membrane resembles the self‐closed …

Membrane curvature is no longer seen as a passive consequence of cellular activity but an
active means to create membrane domains and to organize centres for membrane …

The membrane raft hypothesis postulates the existence of lipid bilayer membrane
heterogeneities, or domains, supposed to be important for cellular function, including lateral …

Lipid rafts are nanoscopic assemblies of sphingolipids, cholesterol, and specific membrane
proteins that contribute to lateral heterogeneity in eukaryotic membranes. Separation of …

Biological membranes, composed mainly of phospholipids and cholesterol, play a vital role
as cellular barriers. They undergo localized reshaping in response to environmental cues …

All cellular compartments are separated from the external environment by a membrane,
which consists of a lipid bilayer. Subcellular structures, including clathrin-coated pits …

296a Monday, February 27, 2012 counterparts remains unknown, especially of lipids such
as sphingolipids that, when unlabeled, enter ''raft''domains in model systems, termed …

Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that covers a vast and diverse array of devices
and machines derived from engineering, physics, materials science, chemistry and biology …