Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to eliminate damaged genetic material. Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria -- the ...

Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria – the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short – can lead to diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's ...

About 100,000 mitochondria are estimated to be present ... However, it will always be necessary to verify results with human material. Many important differences between species are now recognised ...

New research adds to the understanding of how mitochondria function during spermatogenesis, the process by which sperm cells ...

Researchers have mapped mitochondria across cells in the brain, revealing that high cognition areas are supplied with more ...

Mitochondria produce some of the proteins ... vital functions to its host cell—and even gave up part of its genetic material, which was integrated into the host cell's genome.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and ...

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