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New gene therapy can protect visual function in patients with dominant optic atrophy

Researchers have created a novel gene therapy approach that shows promise for someday treating an eye disease that results in progressive vision loss.

27 Nov 2020

Scientists identify new way to turn energy-poor pathway products into biorenewable ones

The imminent environmental crisis calls for an urgent transition to a green economy. A team of scientists at Nagoya University, Japan, led by Professor Susumu Saito, has recently found an interesting way to make this happen -- by leveraging an important metabolic pathway in living cells.

16 Nov 2020

Study shows statins have different effects on different parts of the body

Contrary to expectation, treatment with statins has a different effect on blood cells than on muscle cells, a new study from the University of Copenhagen reveals.

2 Nov 2020

Cellular senescence variations may help control health and onset of age-related diseases

Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could lead to control of health and onset of age-related diseases.

27 Oct 2020

Ketogenic diets can prevent or reverse heart failure caused by metabolic process

Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or "ketogenic" diets could completely prevent, or even reverse heart failure caused by a metabolic process.

27 Oct 2020

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

In a healthy brain, the multistep waste clearance process known as autophagy routinely removes and degrades damaged cell components - including malformed proteins like tau and toxic mitochondria.

13 Oct 2020

Researchers discover how synapses find energy to support intense neural conversations

Our thoughts, feelings, and movements are controlled by billions of neurons talking to each other at trillions of specialized communication points called synapses.

6 Oct 2020

Study explains the organization of genetic information contained within mitochondria

Mitochondria creates energy for cells, and are called the “powerhouse". The genetic information is present within the mitochondria for making this energy.

30 Sep 2020

Alzheimer's disease may be driven by overactivation of fructose made in the brain

New research released from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus proposes that Alzheimer's disease may be driven by the overactivation of fructose made in the brain.

24 Sep 2020

Study sheds light on the evolution of cheating and cooperative behaviors within different organisms

Cheating mitochondria can exploit cellular mechanisms for dealing with the scarcity of food in a worm, although this can decrease its wellbeing

24 Sep 2020

How do Neural Stem Cells become Nerve Cells?

Professor Vanderhaeghen speaks to AZoLifeSciences about his teams research discovery on mitochondria, and their involvement during brain development.

1 Sep 2020

Researchers perform massive and detailed cellular energy audit

TK Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is the cellular energy currency that is as valuable to the human body as the dollar is to the US economy. Too high or too low levels of ATP in some cell types have been linked to a variety of diseases.

31 Aug 2020

Rare disorder of fat metabolism can cause chronic hyperreaction of the immune system

A congenital disorder of the fat metabolism can apparently cause chronic hyperreaction of the immune system. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Bonn in a recent study.

25 Aug 2020

Gene targeting could lead to better treatment of glioblastoma tumors

New insight into a gene that controls energy production in cancer stem cells could help in the search for a more effective treatment for glioblastoma.

19 Aug 2020

Study shows how high-protein diet protects against fatty liver

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, with sometimes life-threatening consequences.

19 Aug 2020

Researchers discover the exit route for Vibrio bacteria from cells

As soon as the foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus infects a human intestinal cell, the bacteria are already planning their escape. After all, once it is in and multiplies, the bacterium must find a way out to infect new cells.

19 Aug 2020

Study shows how mitochondrial defects lead to neurodevelopmental diseases

The tiny organelles mitochondria supply the energy crucial for all cells in the human body, specifically in the brain that consumes an excessive amount of fuel.

18 Aug 2020

Scientists discover bacteria's secret weapon to evade immune responses

Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute scientists have discovered a previously unknown method used by bacteria to evade immune responses.

18 Aug 2020

New fluorescent probe to detect damaged mitochondria could help treat neurodegenerative disorders

Scientists have developed a new, multipurpose probe that is capable of detecting the programmed destruction of faulty mitochondria with pinpoint precision.

17 Aug 2020

Researchers identify a new gene to treat multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a disease that affects the central nervous system and can eventually lead to muscle tremors and thus loss of balance.

17 Aug 2020

Mitochondria News and Research

New gene therapy can protect visual function in patients with dominant optic atrophy

Scientists identify new way to turn energy-poor pathway products into biorenewable ones

Study shows statins have different effects on different parts of the body

Cellular senescence variations may help control health and onset of age-related diseases

Ketogenic diets can prevent or reverse heart failure caused by metabolic process

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

Researchers discover how synapses find energy to support intense neural conversations

Study explains the organization of genetic information contained within mitochondria

Alzheimer's disease may be driven by overactivation of fructose made in the brain

Study sheds light on the evolution of cheating and cooperative behaviors within different organisms

How do Neural Stem Cells become Nerve Cells?

Researchers perform massive and detailed cellular energy audit

Rare disorder of fat metabolism can cause chronic hyperreaction of the immune system

Gene targeting could lead to better treatment of glioblastoma tumors

Study shows how high-protein diet protects against fatty liver

Researchers discover the exit route for Vibrio bacteria from cells

Study shows how mitochondrial defects lead to neurodevelopmental diseases

Scientists discover bacteria's secret weapon to evade immune responses

New fluorescent probe to detect damaged mitochondria could help treat neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers identify a new gene to treat multiple sclerosis

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Gaining new insights into bacterial pneumonia

Discovering a new step in immune cell generation

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