After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...

An interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Dr. Bent Brachvogel has examined how mitochondria influence the premature ...

The results show that mitochondria, which generate the energy that powers cells, differ in type and density in different parts of the brain. For example, the evolutionarily oldest brain regions ...

Everything the brain does—from storing memories to interpreting sights to regulating emotions—requires energy, all produced by cellular organelles called mitochondria. However, surprisingly ...

After earning a dual MD–PhD from the University of Maryland, Porter used his background in muscle cell biology to investigate heart development at Yale. It wasn’t until his move to Rochester, however, ...

After 50 years of mystery, researchers at the University of Cambridge have revealed how a molecular machine inside ...

A major breakthrough from researchers at the University of Copenhagen may finally explain why Parkinson’s Disease develops—and why it often leads to dementia in some patients. The findings offer new ...

All mitochondria — in whatever organism, in whatever part of the body — are thought to have sprung from the same ancient bacterium. Around 1.5 billion years ago, this drifting bacterium was ...

"If I were to ask what the role of mitochondria is ... Monteith said the success of their collaboration was part of the inspiration for starting the Community of Scholars for Immunology and ...