New research published in Nature Communications into hidden mutations in mitochondrial DNA has uncovered how high mutational levels coincide with later life and link to aging markers. Mitochondria are ...

The results, published May 5 in Nature Genetics, offer a new way to understand the molecular roots of cancer — an especially ...

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

New research from the University of Kansas shows a "risk gene" linked to higher odds of developing autoimmune diseases such ...

Gene therapy has the potential to dramatically benefit patients with genetic blood disorders, but a small study on participants in a clinical trial for sickle cell disease suggests that a key process ...