The FDA approved a peptide for a rare mitochondrial disease. But what's more interesting is the more common potential use ...

Countdown, a nonprofit accelerating mitochondrial science and medicine across the full spectrum of human health, announced a new research grant awarded to Dr. Elias Adriaenssens at the Research ...

Mitochondria possess their own DNA (mtDNA), which plays important roles in cellular respiration and energy consumption. Mutations in mtDNA can lead to severe human diseases. To advance our ...

Parkinson's disease is characterised by progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, leading to hallmark motor and non-motor symptoms. A substantial body of evidence implicates ...

Why do cells age—and why do we lose our energy and vitality as we get older? This question is one of the central challenges ...

Dietary supplements are widely used by people with Parkinson’s disease, but this review finds that none have yet been proven ...