When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

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Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, power every heartbeat, thought, and movement. When they fail, organs that need ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA using a genetic tool known as a base editor. The ...

Autophagy activators such as kaempferol/emodin (via the PINK1/Parkin pathway) and spautin-1 (stabilizing PINK1 activity) clear damaged mitochondria, while gene therapy targets mtDNA mutations to ...

How One Tiny Cellular Structure Holds the Key to Better Health & Longevity — and How You Can Harness It ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC ...