The number of mitochondrial DNA copies may drop as MS progresses, suggesting a possible biomarker for disease progression, a ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a technique that could help advance ...

While iron and calcium are the metals that get the most attention, zinc is also important for human health and function.

How well our brain functions depends heavily on the performance of our nerve cells. That is why they are regularly checked for their proper function -- defective cell components are marked, disposed ...

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

Space travel creates many changes in the human body. In fact, scientists say one limitation on ours dreams of reaching Mars ...

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

Innovative weight-loss drugs burst onto the scene about 10 years ago, promising a healthier, slimmer world. The downside, ...

In new research published in Nature, scientists have produced the first comprehensive atlas of the tiny energy producers in the human brain. By slicing a donated brain into more than seven hundred ...

Finally, stem cell mitochondria, which are metabolically dormant until differentiation, tend to have a very loose cristae structure, as well as a spherical morphology. (22,46,47) These change into ...