There's a molecule that our body makes from vitamin B 5 that is critical for all of the metabolic processes essential for human life. And when something goes wrong in that molecule's production, it ...

In the U.S. alone, more than 6.7 million people have heart failure, a number that is projected to increase to more than 8.5 ...

Kidney damage that seemingly heals appears to mutate the DNA in the mitochondria of kidney cells, making the organ less ...

When cancer cells are physically squeezed, they mount an instant, high-energy defense by rushing mitochondria to the cell nucleus, unleashing a surge of ATP that fuels DNA repair and survival. This ...

A surprising link between Alzheimer’s and cancer reveals that amyloid beta, a harmful protein in the brain, actually empowers ...

Science has advanced one step closer towards figuring out how certain cancer cells work. Researchers at ETH Zurich demonstrated that skin cancer cells can transfer their mitochondria, the cell ...

Cancer cells can brainwash their neighbors. Like the CIA deploying secret agents to turn an enemy, tumors use a similar strategy to manipulate nearby cells. The tumors’ agents are mitochondria, the ...

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse experiments show. Scientists found that, in the cells of ageing mice with kidney ...