University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

A new organelle has been found by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA). The super-small specialized structure has a ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, researchers are gaining new insights into the function of these critical ...

The Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) Project, launched on the 25th anniversary of the mapping of the human genome, is being ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

An ambitious new research project, SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome), is aiming to develop the foundational and scalable tools, ...