News tagged with mitochondrial permeability


Mitochondria could be a target for therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study in the Sept. 21 on-line edition of Nature Medicine describes the function and interaction of a critical molecule involved in cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients. These new findings reveal that blocking this m ...





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New clues about mitochondrial 'growth spurts'

New clues about mitochondrial 'growth spurts'

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mitochondria are restless, continually merging and splitting. But contrary to conventional wisdom, the size of these organelles depends on more than fusion and fission, as Berman et al. show. Mitochondrial ...


Quick and easy diagnosis for mitochondrial disorders

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soon you could be genetically screened for mitochondrial disorders quickly and comprehensively. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Genome Medicine, outlines an innovative clinical diagnostic test f ...


Intestinal bacteria associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intestinal permeability and an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine are both associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). These findings are revealed in a new study in the June issue of Hepatology, a jour ...


New finding about the bane of parents' lives -- head lice

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Head lice are a challenge for parents of primary-school aged children all around the world, including Australia.


Large reservoir of mitochondrial DNA mutations identified in humans

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 11, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 5

Researchers at the University of Newcastle, England, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech in the United States have revealed a large reservoir of mitochondrial DNA mutations present in the general population. ...


Neurological disorder in golden retriever dogs caused by a mutation in mitochondrial DNA

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created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sensory ataxic neuropathy (SAN) is a recently identified neurological disorder in Golden Retriever dogs with onset during puppyhood. Affected dogs move in an uncoordinated manner and have sensory deficits. Researchers from ...


Key protein in cellular respiration discovered

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now discovered a new function ...


Alzheimer's disease linked to mitochondrial damage

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated that attacks on the mitochondrial protein Drp1 by the free radical nitric oxide—which causes a chemical reaction called S-nitrosylation—mediates ...


'Anti-Atkins' low protein diet extends lifespan in flies

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Flies fed an "anti-Atkins" low protein diet live longer because their mitochondria function better. The research, done at the Buck Institute for Age Research, shows that the molecular mechanisms responsible for the lifespan ...


More convenient and helpful for colitis patients? An absorption enhancer may do

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous studies have shown the beneficial effect of rebamipide, a novel anti-ulcer drug, on experimental colitis. The permeabilities of rebamipide in different intestinal segments remained unknown.



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