Area of Focus: mitochondrial quality control, cellular metabolism, immune responses and the mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases. Fourteen years ago, Xin Qi joined the Department of ...

The involvement of glial cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been mostly viewed as a secondary adaptive response to ...

In most cases, the damage is linked to mutations in the OPA1 gene, which interfere with mitochondrial function (how cells make energy and stay healthy). New research led by Thomas Schwarz, Ph.D., and ...

A new study offers a fresh perspective on the role of sodium in mitochondrial physiology and points the way to future research into the relationship between complex I disorders and a host of neuronal ...

A team from Inserm (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) and the Université de Bordeaux, working with collaborators at the Université de Moncton in Canada, has developed a ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte New evidence from Indian patients shows that severe COVID-19 is associated with distinct mitochondrial ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers at the University Medical Center Utrecht and their colleagues have used mitochondrial base editing (mtBE) to successfully edit harmful ...

Reduction in mitochondrial activity in multiple sclerosis contributes to Purkinje cell loss. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (CA, USA) have demonstrated the role mitochondrial ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) editing has emerged as a revolutionary approach in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). As these diseases continue to impose a significant global health ...