For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time cases of a neurodegenerative disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease. Today, ...

Tisento Therapeutics today announced that the global Phase 2b PRIZM study is fully enrolled. PRIZM is evaluating zagociguat – a once-daily, oral investigational medicine – as a treatment for the rare ...

Scientists at Duke University found that satellite glial cells can deliver healthy mitochondria to injured sensory neurons, restoring energy, reducing inflammation, and significantly relieving ...

MALVERN, PA — In a major scientific advance, Progenra Inc. has announced the discovery of a novel class of small-molecule drugs designed to restore the function of mutant forms of PINK1 kinase — a ...

In Parkinson’s disease (PD), damaged mitochondria build up in the dopaminergic system of the substantia nigra, partly due to impaired mitochondrial autophagy (mitophagy) and autophagosome accumulation ...

Patch-clamp recordings demonstrated that LHON neurons, which typically exhibit impaired sodium and potassium currents, showed restored electrophysiological function after co-culture with MSCs.

Barth syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the TAZ gene, which encodes an enzyme essential for remodeling cardiolipin, critical for mitochondrial function. A recent study ...

San Diego, California--(Newsfile Corp. - June 20, 2025) - Thiogenesis Therapeutics, Corp. (TSXV: TTI) (OTCQX: TTIPF) ("Thiogenesis" or the "Company"), a clinical ...

At Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a new branch of brain science is blooming at the molecular scale — with nanoflowers. A study published in Journal of Biological Chemistry demonstrated that nanoflowers ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little organelles are very special, because they also carry their own tiny little ...