Researchers from the Mitochondrial Medicine Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have better characterized a spectrum of what were classically considered discrete mitochondrial DNA ...

Patients who suffer from Batten disease often die at an early age. However, the mechanisms underlying how CLN3 loss develops Batten disease remain largely unclear. Here, using Drosophila midgut system ...

Ethos, values, attitudes and behaviours of leaders and care staff ensure people using services lead confident, inclusive and empowered lives Autistic people and people with a learning disability are ...

Some of those speaking on Friday, February 28 at Creating the Kelpies were involved from the start when the Helix Park and giant steel horse head were only an idea. The event will be chance for people ...

Drowning patients are probably the most dangerous patients to try to rescue. In a panic, drowning patients are likely to claw at rescuers and climb to the surface at all costs. NEVER attempt a direct ...

Learning about your genetics and ancestry is easier than ever. All you need to do is choose from the many DNA ancestry tests available online, receive your kit and send back the required DNA samples.

There are few human diseases that have been linked to mutations or defects in DNA polymerases. Mutations in the polymerase that replicates mitochondrial DNA, Pol γ, lead to a range of human ...

In the L.A. comedy-drama “Serious People,” remarkable naturalism and immense absurdity sit shoulder-to-shoulder. However, as notable as this tension may be, the novelty of the movie’s tonal ...

A small but growing movement of scientists wants to classify aging as a disease. They face an uphill battle.

DNA discovery identifies Siberian ducks DNA analysis identified the feathers and blood as coming from Baikal teals, migratory ducks which fly to Korea in winter from their breeding grounds in Siberia.

We host a number of events annually that draw people from all backgrounds and bring ... recently purchased a popular DNA testing kit. I didn’t think that anything would come as a surprise ...

It was very sad that someone actually died that way,” said ... Castro was charged with second-degree murder after DNA testing not available in the 1970s helped identify him nearly 50 years ...