Research led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University in China has found that a gene called pancreatic progenitor cell ...

O rgan transplants are a familiar idea. Organelle transplants, less so. Yet organelles are to cells what organs are to bodies ...

Everything the brain does—from storing memories to interpreting sights to regulating emotions—requires energy, all produced ...

Scientists in Basel revealed that energy-producing proteins in mitochondria form large supercomplexes, boosting ATP ...

Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, ...

Mapping the density, molecular features and energy-transformation capacity of cell organelles called mitochondria in the brain reveals region- and cell-type-specific variability that tracks with ...

Research on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) reveals that the mitochondrial transcription elongation factor (TEFM) is crucial for maintaining the balance between mtDNA transcription and replication.

Experts recognize that healthy mitochondria play a direct role in metabolism, fat oxidation, and even cognitive function. When mitochondria are damaged or inefficient, fatigue, weight gain, and slow ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died on Feb. 28 from a rare mitochondrial disease, according to a statement issued over the weekend by his parents, Prince Robert and Princess Julie. He was 22.

Prince Robert described the disease as "a genetic mitochondrial disorder that robs the body's cells of energy, in turn causing progressive multiple organs (brain, nerves, liver, intestines ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died at the age of 22 from POLG mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder that he was born with, his family announced. Frederik de Nassau died in Paris on ...