They eventually discovered that adding back two particular purified fatty acids, linolenic and linoleic acids, restored the sick animals to health, while the other fatty acids were unable to do so ...

A Rutgers biochemistry professor explains how omega-6 fatty acids found in Western diets can activate cellular growth ...

A study in Science finds that linoleic acid, a fat found in seed oils and eggs, can activate the mTORC1 pathway, accelerating ...

Both omega-6 linoleic acid and omega-3 linolenic acid are essential fatty acids, meaning our bodies can’t make them. We must obtain them through diet. Omega-6 is more abundant in the Western ...