Did you know that you have a second genome? Small cellular organelles called mitochondria contain their own circular DNA. What happens to your cells when this DNA mutates? Similar to the nuclear ...

Mitochondria also contain DNA, and they show similar patterns of uniparental and biparental inheritance ... and they are even the basis for several diseases. Mitochondria's crucial role as ...

New research at the University of Alberta may make it easier to diagnose serious diseases that disrupt the body's energy ...

“This is a very interesting study, bringing compelling evidence that bi-parental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA ... a pediatrician and medical geneticist who heads the Mitochondrial Diseases Program ...

The findings highlight the potential of targeting mitochondrial function specifically in immune cells to treat a range of inflammation-related diseases ... and Molecular Genetics and a member ...