A pioneering study has shed new light on how a group of novel organelle-based disorders affects cells. The study led by Professor Michael Schrader from the University of Exeter, and featuring an ...

A pioneering study has shed new light on how a group of novel organelle-based disorders affect cells. The study led by Professor Michael Schrader from the University of Exeter, and featuring an ...

TULSA, Okla — A local non-profit is helping a Bartlesville family navigate life after the diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder. The Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders started right here in ...

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptor transcription factors that function as lipid and energy sensors to regulate metabolic homeostasis. Three isoforms—PPARα, ...

Zellweger syndrome is a rare disease which at its mildest form can cause developmental delays in childhood and vision and hearing loss in adulthood. At its most severe, it can mean weak muscle tone, ...

A pioneering study has shed new light on how subcellular organelles divide and multiply. A pioneering study has shed new light on how subcellular organelles divide and multiply. The study, led by ...

A pioneering study has revealed how cellular compartments (organelles) are able to control how much they interact and cooperate. A pioneering study has revealed how cellular compartments (organelles) ...

Patients with peroxisomal dysfunction disorders lack peroxisomes or certain peroxisomal enzymes. Assay of activity of the peroxisomal membrane enzyme dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyl transferase ...

“Lorenzo's Oil” was to help a seriously ill boy suffering from a peroxisomal disorder (adrenoleukodystrophy/ALD). The true story was turned into a film which made the rare disease well known.

KNOTT COUNTY, Ky. - By all accounts, Harmony Mullins was not expected to survive to see her first birthday due to a rare disease. But on February 17, the Kentucky miracle baby proved her doctors wrong ...