Levels of nutrients and other criteria can tip the balance toward either fusion or division. In some specialized cell types, like neurons and sperm, energy needs are high and mitochondria are ...

Damaged mitochondria are recycled within cells. Scientists find a link between cellular health and diseases like Parkinson’s ...

Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria—the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short—can lead to diseases such as ...

These mitochondria are called hydrogenosomes and allow the cell to gain about 4 mol of ATP per mole of glucose. Hydrogenosomes were discovered in 1973 in trichomonads, a group of unicellular ...

This study produced a unique dataset that offers a genome-scale view of molecular changes that occur during cell division ...

A cell is like a factory ... However, too much Drp1 activity causes excessive division, leading to fragmented mitochondria with impaired function. We also observed behavior changes in rats ...