In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski, full professor at the University of São Paulo's Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP) in Brazil, advocates the ...

For the average person, living at high altitude—where oxygen is sparser than at sea level—can have health benefits ranging ...

China: A recent study published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications highlighted dapagliflozin's (DAPA) ...

Mitochondrial stress disrupts insulin production in diabetes, but reversing the damage may restore β-cell function.

Researchers from Cologne, Bochum, Padova and Angers have discovered a novel connection between mitochondrial function, protein quality control and cellular health, whose failure could be the leading ...

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have developed a drug that mimics the effects of breathing low oxygen. In mice with Leigh Syndrome—the most common childhood mitochondrial disease—the HypoxyStat ...

A research collaboration has found that besides regulating the fusion of mitochondria, Mitofusin 2 also ensures protein quality control. This discovery could open up new routes to treating ...

A new study unravels the relationship between mitofusins (mitochondrial proteins) and autophagy. Using gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9, the team has been able to study these proteins without altering ...

Trichloroethylene (TCE), a widely used industrial chemical, has been employed in decaffeinating coffee, degreasing metal, and ...