Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

Damaged mitochondria are recycled within cells. Scientists find a link between cellular health and diseases like Parkinson’s ...

Mitochondrial diseases, arising from mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), are a diverse group of disorders that lead to ...

Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria—the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short—can lead to diseases such as ...

A medical breakthrough could result in the first treatment for rare but serious diseases in which genetic defects disrupt ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine discovered that mitochondrial proteins Parkin, PINK1, and OMA1 act as guardians of ...