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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as “guardians” of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a cell that make and store energy and are found in almost all plants and animals.

Proteins Shown to Act As ‘Guardians’ to Keep Cells’ Energy Making Mitochondria Safe

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Light-induced gene therapy disables cancer cells’ energy center

Categories Technology

mitochondria in cells

Study Reveals Why Paternal Mitochondrial DNA is Eliminated During Early Development

Categories Health

Nanotubes deliver mitochondria to T cells, supercharging the T cells to make them more effective in the fight against cancer. Image courtesy of Shiladitya Sengupta, BWH

Study finds ‘supercharging’ T cells with mitochondria enhances their antitumor activity

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Mitochondria release segments of mitochondrial DNA that can travel through pores of the nucleus and integrate into a cell's chromosomes (where the insertions are called NUMTs, for nuclear mitochochondrial segments). A new study has found that nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertion—once thought rare—happens in the human brain likely several times over during a person’s lifespan.

Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

In 2016, researchers supported by FAPESP had shown that tegu lizards reach higher temperatures than the burrows they inhabit in spring. This new study has found a physiological explanation for the phenomenon

Tegu Lizards Display Unexpected Endothermic Abilities, Challenging Reptile Classification

Categories Life & Non-humans

Truck wheels on road in motion

Tiny Particles from Traffic Pollution Disrupt Brain Cell Function

Categories Brain & Behavior

The p17 transporter in mice

Drug could protect brains from damage after concussions

Categories Brain & Behavior

mitichondria

How obesity dismantles our mitochondria

Categories Health

Tiredness experienced by Long-COVID patients has a physical cause

Tiredness experienced by Long-COVID patients has a physical cause

Categories Health

Crayon drawing of genes and a spinal cord, abstract

Genetic mutation protects against Parkinson’s disease

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Pink and green illustration of mitochondria. Wikimedia.

Inflammation discovery could slow aging, prevent age-related diseases

Categories Health

Supplement capsules. Pixabay

New Approach to Free Radicals Holds Promise for Treating Metabolic Syndrome

Categories Health

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