Mitochondria News

Elamipretide: a drug to protect your eyes from AMD

Ophthalmology Times - 07-Jul-2021

Elamipritide protects your retinal cells from undergoing degeneration

Injecting new mitochondria to replace old, damaged mitochondrial DNA in humans

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 02-Jun-2021

Potential treatment for mitochondrial diseases & dysfunction, and extends lifespan

Recharge your mitochondrial batteries to live longer

Longevity Technology - 27-May-2021

Breakthrough in longevity research - cellular energetics may stop or even reverse the ageing process

NR supplementation restored youthfulness to blood in older mice

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 18-May-2021

Lowers age-related defects of blood stem cells & make stem cell transplants more effective

Folds in mitochondria membrane are lost as we age - reducing production of ATP

I Spy Physiology - 12-May-2021

Antioxidant treatment reversed mitochondrial ageing via cardiolipin in mice

A natural compound reverses skin wrinkles and hair loss in mice

Longevity Technology - 08-Apr-2021

Targets mitochondrial dysfunction - cosmeceuticals on its way to reverse ageing signs in humans

You can have too much of a good thing - including exercise

The Scientist - 23-Mar-2021

2.5 hours of HIIT in a week reduces mitochondrial respiration, meaning less energy for the body

Highest exercise load lead to reduction in intrinsic mitochondrial function

The Scientist - 23-Mar-2021

Substantial mitochondrial respiratory impairment is included with excessive exercise

CohBar's lead candidate may initiate clinical trials in 2022

Longevity Technology - 16-Mar-2021

Mitochondrial-based therapy enters IND to tackle IPF and other fibrotic diseases

NAD+ reduces age-related amyloidosis and mitochondrial dysfunction

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 05-Feb-2021

Boosting NAD+ levels improves health span and can treat age-related diseases

Mitrix gains funding to transfuse young mitochondria

Longevity Technology - 28-Jan-2021

Trials on mitochondrial transfusion might help tackle many ageing diseases

Inhibition of mitochondrial DNA might suppress tumour growth

Nature - 04-Jan-2021

IMTs degraded 1 in 3 cancer cell lines in vitro, and early promise in mice

Antihypertesive drug found a new purpose in ageing

EurekAlert! - 18-Dec-2020

Big gains in c. elegans life expectancy rarely translates to humans, but another avenue to research

Red light therapy could be the clue to restore your eyesight

China Global Television Network (CGTN) - 13-Dec-2020

Red light improved health and lifespan of fruit flies; might work on humans too

Decoded - why travelling through space can make you older

iNews - 25-Nov-2020

Mitochondrial damage accelerates ageing on exposure to space radiation and microgravity

Regulatory role of GDF 15 related to ageing and metabolism in humans and mice

Longevity Technology - 06-Aug-2020

Discovery of this homeostatic function just may be the first step but it looks promising

Scientists go where no gene-editing tool has gone before

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 14-Jul-2020

DddA able to target mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) by splitting in half and hitching a ride

A gene editing tool to treat mitochondrial mutations

The Scientist - 09-Jul-2020

Derived from bacterial toxin - can make single base pair changes

Humanin is a regulator peptide of healthspan and lifespan

Science Daily - 24-Jun-2020

Longer life results in less offspring - sounds like the ideal compromise to me!

Increasing ovarian NAD+ improved mitochondrial function in mice egg cells

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 11-Jun-2020

Supplementation also shown to reverse ovarian ageing

Drug that can safely reverse obesity and insulin resistance developed

Medical Xpress - 08-Jun-2020

Proven in mice study to be non-toxic, nor affects brain hunger cues

Experts develop new novel detection method for mitophagy

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 28-May-2020

A discovery proven to be of help in therapeutic studies of neurodegeneration

Vitamin B3 is a good option to correct the NAD+ deficit in humans

Phys.org - 14-May-2020

NAD+ deficiency is for real and it happens in humans too

Possible culprits in genetic diseases, cancer, and ageing found

National Institute on Aging - 14-May-2020

Research shows it could be caused by mitochondrial DNA mutations

Mitochondrial transplants are successful but benefits are short lived

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 25-Mar-2020

May be a solution to ageing related mitochondrial dysfunction which leads to diseases