Mouse eggs created from skin cells
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
The structure within a eukaryotic cell that contains the vast majority of its genetic information.
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
by Olivia Goff
A rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned and has become the first of its kind to reach adulthood, Chinese scientists have revealed...
by Jake Knox
Although sperm cells do contain some mitochondria, scientists have found that these mitochondria do not contain intact mitochondrial DNA...
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...
by Zoe Beketova
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...
by Hannah Flynn
Embryos containing donated mitochondria, created via a method intended to avoid the transmission of mitochondrial disease, seem similar to those created via IVF with ICSI...
A mechanism which controls mitochondrial production and activity has been identified, and could help explain mitochondrial functional decline with age…
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