Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: mitochondrial genes http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Grape polyphenols counteract fructose-induced effects (HealthDay)—Grape polyphenol (PP) supplementation prevents fructose-induced oxidative stress and insulin resistance in healthy volunteers with high metabolic risk, according to research published online Dec. 28 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-grape-polyphenols-counteract-fructose-induced-effects.html Diabetes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:10:01 EST news279175097 New study shows how mitochondrial disease may be prevented A joint team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children. The study is published online today in Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mitochondrial-disease.html Medical research Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:00:11 EST news275140063 Why women outlive men: It's in our genes, study says Scientists are beginning to understand one of life's enduring mysteries - why women live, on average, longer than men. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-women-outlive-men-genes.html Genetics Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:00:10 EST news263126409 Mothers curse linked to male infertility (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have discovered the first real evidence of the 'mother's curse' and its connection to male infertility due to genetic mutations in mitochondria. Led by Dr. Damian Dowling from Monash University in Melbourne and Paolo Innocenti from Uppsala University, their breakthrough research has been recently published in Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mothers-curse-linked-male-infertility.html Genetics Mon, 16 May 2011 11:04:41 EST news224762657 Research breakthrough on male infertility (Medical Xpress) -- Around one in 20 men is infertile, but despite the best efforts of scientists, in many cases the underlying causes of infertility have remained a mystery. New findings by a team of Australian and Swedish researchers, however, will go a long way towards explaining this mystery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-breakthrough-male-infertility.html Medical research Fri, 13 May 2011 07:08:47 EST news224489295