BioNews - Mitochondria

Mitochondria

Energy-generating structures found in plant and animal cells. They contain a few genes, which mainly make proteins involved in energy metabolism.

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Cell's 'power cells' protect against stroke

10 May 2010 - by Marianne Neary

Certain variations of mitochondrial DNA are protective against strokes, according to a recent study in The Lancet Neurology....[Read More]

Who are the real creators of a living being?

19 April 2010 - by Dr Calum MacKellar

The announcement that scientists at the University of Newcastle have developed a new procedure that could eventually help women with dysfunctional mitochondria (the energy source of the cell), made headline news across the world...[Read More]

New IVF technique could prevent transmission of mitochondrial disorders

19 April 2010 - by Ruth Pidsley

A team of researchers at Newcastle University in the UK has been successful in attempts to transfer genetic material from one newly fertilised human egg to another without carrying over the egg's mitochondria (the energy-producing structures of a cell)...[Read More]

Controversial egg modification technique could increase IVF success in older women

15 November 2009 - by Rebecca Robey

A controversial new technique to improve the quality of eggs from older women undergoing IVF is being developed by Japanese scientists. Because the procedure involves using eggs from two women to create a single viable egg for fertilisation, it has sparked a media furore over the potential creation of what have been inaccurately dubbed 'three-parent embryos'....[Read More]

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