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Researchers performed the first single‑cell analysis of mitochondrial DNA in brainstem neurons that are especially vulnerable to degeneration in Parkinson’s disease. The study, published on October 7 in *Brain*, found extensive damage to mitochondrial DNA in these neurons. It also identified evidence of a potentially protective response involving the mitochondrial quality‑control gene PINK1. The findings suggest that PINK1 may play a role in counteracting the mitochondrial damage observed in Parkinson’s‑susceptible neurons.

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