In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time cases of a neurodegenerative disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease. Today, ...

Mitochondria are essential for cell survival, repair, and adaptation. Not only do they generate most of the energy needed during a cell's life, but they also regulate cell death, calcium balance, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study uncovers how the enzyme PP2A-B55α helps neurons recycle and rebuild mitochondria. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Scientists ...

Patch-clamp recordings demonstrated that LHON neurons, which typically exhibit impaired sodium and potassium currents, showed restored electrophysiological function after co-culture with MSCs.

Barth syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the TAZ gene, which encodes an enzyme essential for remodeling cardiolipin, critical for mitochondrial function. A recent study ...

Human cells have two copies of each chromosome, and this balance is essential for genes to be expressed in the appropriate ...

Researchers have transplanted healthy mitochondria into brain cells and animal models of neurodegeneration, reporting ...

At Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a new branch of brain science is blooming at the molecular scale — with nanoflowers. A study published in Journal of Biological Chemistry demonstrated that nanoflowers ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little organelles are very special, because they also carry their own tiny little ...

Isolated mitochondria taken up by mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) increase cell proliferation, antioxidant capacity, and mitochondrial respiration. Uptake occurred in a time-dependent manner and ...