By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, researchers are gaining new insights into the function of these critical ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

Scientists reveal cells can transform into new life forms after death, challenging everything we know about biology. This ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is thought to impact about 2.3 million people around the ...

Mind-blowing new research shows that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something entirely ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...

An oral drug called MA-5 can improve both heart and muscle problems in Barth syndrome. Testing the drug on cells from Barth ...

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered that an oral drug called MA-5 can improve both heart and muscle problems in ...