People need to sleep, and sleep deprivation can cause many changes in the brain. But we have a poor understanding of why sleep is so crucial. New research has examined a fruit fly model to assess how ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, because they convert food - glucose and fat - into energy that the cell can use. To help them achieve this, mitochondria carry their own ...

For millions battling chronic nerve pain, even the softest touch can feel agonizing — but scientists may have uncovered a ...

French and Canadian researchers have shown for the first time that mitochondrial dysfunction can directly cause cognitive ...

Scientists found that leaking mitochondrial RNA helps pancreatic tumors survive, revealing a promising new treatment target.

Every cell in your body runs on tiny power plants called mitochondria, and new research published in May 2025 in Nature Cell ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases occur when the delicate balance between the gut, the immune system, and the microbiota is ...

An evolutionary trait of humans and most animals is that they inherit mitochondrial DNA exclusively from the mother, even though the father's spermatozoa have mitochondria. If spermatozoa have ...

Infertility affects around 48 million couples worldwide and can have various causes. In mammals, including humans, eggs are produced in the ovary. When this process goes wrong, it can lead to female ...

A medical breakthrough in the UK has seen eight babies born each with three genetic parents. This pioneering method is the first bit of proof that it could prevent mitochondrial disease, a genetic ...