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Following on from a remarkable study in mice, scientists have now confirmed that silencing a certain protein in muscle tissue ...

Researchers have elucidated the mode of action of a promising inhibitor of a Parkinson's-associated mitochondrial protein.

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Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy level. The average person in the United States now consumes more than 100 ...

There are elements of these ancient, distant George Lucas stories that might seem like science fiction but are, in fact, science reality.

Much like each organ plays an important role in the human body—the heart for pumping blood or the lungs for breathing—cells contain ... Dysfunctional mitochondria have also been associated ...