More than 150 human diseases — including Lou Gehrig’s, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s — are linked to mitochondrial failure, and one Nebraska scientist is working to decode why. A five-year, $2 million ...

Despite being renowned as the “powerhouse of the cell,” mitochondria can also be a source of heartache for those living with mitochondrial disease—especially when planning to have children. Because ...

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Researchers from the Mitochondrial Medicine Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have better characterized a spectrum of what were classically considered discrete mitochondrial DNA ...

The structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria shape their role as signaling organelles, with far-reaching ...

Millions of people worldwide live with mitochondrial diseases. These are inherited conditions that make it hard for the body’s cells to produce energy. For a long time, patients had few options ...

“This is an early but exciting step toward recharging aging tissues using their own biological machinery,” Gaharwar says in ...