Dysfunction resulting from mitochondrial DNA mutations has been implicated in multiple human pathologies, including ...

Mississippi State University biologist Jean-Francois Gout's contributions to a study highlighting key advances in the ...

Cells use a surprising “pearling” motion to evenly distribute mitochondrial DNA. This newly uncovered process may be key to understanding major diseases. Credit: Stock. A stra ...

A study highlighting key advances in the complexity of aging has been published in Science Advances. The work is titled "The ...

A new study finds that mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the cells' nucleus, where the mitochondrial DNA integrates into chromosomes, possibly causing harm. As direct ...

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 ...

Scientists are using mitochondrial DNA to uncover deep maternal ancestry, track evolutionary history, and inform medical research. Open-access resources like mitoLEAF and advances in sequencing are ...

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular powerhouses are in a 1.5-billion-year-old evolutionary relationship—but ...