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, ...

Which exercise is superior for improving mitochondrial functioning? Which exercise results in the most dramatic positive ...

Scientists have recently reviewed the available literature to examine the critical roles played by mitochondria in maintaining homeostasis. The review summarized the involvement of mitochondria in age ...

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major obstacle that limits effective cancer treatments. Various cells around the tumor promote immunosuppression and prevent the immune system from targeting ...

Bumblebees, their tiny wings powered by mitochondria, pay a visit to a sunflower on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. All cells contain DNA in the nucleus with two copies of each of more than ...

I always wanted to understand life. What moves us? What allows us to heal and thrive? And what goes wrong when we get sick or when we eventually stop breathing and die? My search for answers to these ...

If the drug works in people, it could prevent kidney injury in high-risk populations, or potentially even treat other ...

Biomedical research typically follows a familiar path: developing treatments that block, enhance or mutate certain signaling ...

Serious damage to short-term kidney function—known as acute kidney injury, or AKI—can be fatal and also increase the risk of ...