We can all recognise that feeling of muscle fatigue after taking a brisk walk, cycling, running or playing football. Our ability to engage in physical activity for long periods of time is thanks to ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have found that herpesvirus infection modifies the structure and normal function of the mitochondria in the host cell. The new information will help to ...

Brian Cunniff, an assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Vermont, will discuss how the subcellular positioning of mitochondria regulates gene-expression patterns ...

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling the uptake of lipids from digested food. The maintenance of a balanced lipid homeostasis is critical for our health. While consumption of excessive ...

Higher activity of PGC-1α enables brown fat cells in females to achieve thermogenic activity and energy expenditure compared ...

The FDA has granted accelerated approval for the elamipretide injection, the first treatment for Barth syndrome in patients weighing at least 30 ...

A key molecular step required for the division of damaged mitochondria—essential for cell health—has been identified by a ...

FDA approves Stealth Biotherapeutics' Forzinity injection for rare genetic disease Barth syndrome, impacting males, with ...

Most of us remember two things from high school biology: that mitochondria are the powerhouses of cells and that we inherit stable sets of chromosomes from our two parents. Both truisms are only sort ...