Millions of people worldwide live with mitochondrial diseases. These are inherited conditions that make it hard for the ...

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

Scientists have discovered how the amino acid leucine boosts the body’s energy production by protecting key mitochondrial ...

Researchers uncovered how fatty molecules called ceramides trigger acute kidney injury by damaging the mitochondria that ...

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

Cells are full of little machines that perform critical functions, like mitochondria, which are known as the powerhouses of the cell. But new research has revealed that in photoreceptor cells, ...

Blocking fatty ceramides could stop acute kidney injury—and possibly revolutionize mitochondrial disease treatment.

A study on ground squirrels shows, not only do mitochondria produce bioenergy in the cone-shaped photoreceptors in the retina of the eye, they also act as micro-lenses that redirect light to the ...

Long before the earliest animals swam through the water-covered surface of Earth’s ancient past, one of the most important encounters in the history of life took place. A primitive bacterium was ...

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