Researchers from the Mitochondrial Medicine Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have better characterized a ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a dual regulatory mechanism safeguarding ...

Purpose: Accumulation of mitochondrial DNA deletions and the resultant impaired oxidative phosphorylation may play a pathogenic role in the mediation of age-related sarcopenia. Methods ...

Normal metabolic activity produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) that, if not eliminated, can damage cellular components. As a result, ROS from overactive mitochondria are frequently cited as a source ...

It essentially hacks the immune cells, transferring its own faulty mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) into the T-cells meant to attack it. This sneaky move weakens the immune cells, making them less ...

Mitochondria dysfunction has been found to be involved in the development of diabetes in newly published research. Read more!

Walker, Ph.D, research assistant professor of internal medicine and first author of the study To do so, the team damaged three components that are essential for mitochondrial function: their DNA ...

The true identity of serial murderer Jack the Ripper may finally be officially confirmed through DNA samples. It’s been more ...

To do so, the team damaged three components that are essential for mitochondrial function: their DNA, a pathway used to get ...