The PolG gene, when it does not have a mutation, is responsible for replicating the mitochondrial genome, according to a 2022 ...

Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) is essential for cellular energy production and overall cell function.

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died at the age of 22 due to a rare mitochondrial condition called POLG disease— Newsweek has ...

Researchers have now uncovered the role of mitochondrial transcription elongation factor in maintaining the balance between ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died of the rare genetic disease he was born with 22 short years ago after saying goodbye ...

In humans and other multicellular organisms, cells multiply. This defining feature allows embryos to grow into adulthood, and enables the healing of the many bumps, bruises and scrapes along the way.