The Court of Protection has ruled that a young woman, known only as ST, with mitochondrial depletion syndrome lacks capacity to make end-of-life decisions...
A new test detects mitochondrial DNA damage in blood cells collected from patients with Parkinson's disease...
Mitochondrial genes in the heart, kidney, liver and lymph nodes are downregulated following COVID-19, findings in humans and mice have shown...
Luke Steventon reviews a radio programme about mitochondria, which are described as producing energy production levels of '30 million volts per metre – like a bolt of lightning'...
The birth of the first UK child(ren) with donated mitochondria has been confirmed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
This book aims to link medical genetics and the law, and hopes to educate readers in all aspects of genetics that are of current relevance, and to indicate potential problems in the present and in the future. Here is Dr Eleanor Taylor's review of the book...
The lifespan of genetically-modified roundworms can be extended by using light to power their mitochondria, a new study has revealed...
An innovative therapy aiming to treat mitochondrial disease has shown encouraging results in six children...
Transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome occurs in one in every 4000 births...
Swedish geneticist Professor Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work that resulted in the sequencing of the entire ancient Neanderthal genome for the first time...
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