INTERESTING ENGINEERING - From Alzheimer’s to heart failure, many chronic diseases have been linked to damage in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
Now, scientists at the University of California, Riverside, may have found a way to halt the damage before it begins.
The team has developed a chemical probe that targets damage in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), a small but essential genome housed in the cell’s energy-producing structures.
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“There are already pathways in cells that attempt repair,” said Linlin Zhao, UCR associate professor of chemistry, who led the project.