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.
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.
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 his students given his white hair and powerful voice, challenges the current consensus surrounding the mitochondrial theory of aging, proposing epigenetic regulation, and not genetic mutation, may be responsible for the age-related effects seen in mitochondria. When Hayashi and colleagues tested their theory, they reversed the age defects in cell lines collected from 97-year-old Japanese participants. They then singled out two genes involved in glycine production which they believed are responsible for the mitochondria reversal. The findings thus suggest that a glycine supplementation could help curb aging or age-related diseases.
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 to parasitic bacteria some two billion years ago, and only later did they become energy sources. Very little is known about the origins of mitochondria, but by probing the genomes of bacteria closely related to the energy cell scientists at University
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 explain this is easily the oldest human genetic material ever found. When it comes to being a mountain, the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain don’t really have much going for them. It’s an ancient karstic region of Spain comprising mostly of