What is Mitochondrial DNA and Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondrial DNA is inherited only from the mother, and there's a lot we can learn starting from this basic fact.
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Alzheimer’s disease causes brain cells to overheat and ‘fry like eggs’
Researchers have shown that an essential protein involved in Alzheimer’s causes cells to overheat, which may explain how the disease ...
The powerhouse of the cell is also a powerhouse in vision
Structures providing energy to cells have a crucial role in vision.
What is cellular respiration: from food to ATP
Cellular respiration allows cells to harvest ATP from glucose. It has three steps called glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the ...
Mitochondria and Tesla battery packs work pretty much the same way, study reports
But will they claim copyright?
Researchers find out how cells heat themselves
"We basically short-circuited the stored energy."
Mitochondrial DNA can sometimes come from fathers, too
A discovery that's set to rewrite textbooks on biology.
When mitochondria break down so do our minds, new research shows
When power runs low, neurons start going haywire.
Mitochondria in the brain changed by cocaine use — the findings could help us better fight addictions
Maybe other drugs have similar effects.
Exposure to BPA might reprogram the brains of turtles — affecting them genetically
It changes their genes.
UK scientists inch closer to three-parent babies
We're living in the future.
New research challenges aging consensus by reversing mitochondrial anomalies in 97-year-old cells
A team led by Professor Jun-Ichi Hayashi from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, known as the white lion to ...
A Rogue gone Good: Mitochondria was initially an Energy Parasite
A new milestone study found that mitochondria - the energy factories in animal and plant cells - were initially very similar ...
Oldest human DNA ever found – 400.000 years old
The recent discovery of DNA of a 400,000-year-old human thigh bone could provide valuable insight into the evolution of humans; researchers ...