Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

WEHI researchers have solved a decades-long mystery by determining the structure of human PINK1, a key protein linked to ...

Mitochondria arose through a fateful endosymbiosis more than 1.45 billion years ago. Many mitochondria make ATP without the help of oxygen. Aa Aa Aa What variety is there in mitochondria?

Mitochondria act as cellular power plants, converting nutrients into energy. When these structures fail, cells struggle to function properly. Their dysfunction has been tied to metabolic disorders, ...

Skeptics love to bring up one particular topic regarding long-term human space exploration—radiation. So far, all of the research completed on it has been relatively limited and has shown nothing but ...

As a result, ROS from overactive mitochondria are frequently cited as a source of DNA damage. Despite this longstanding belief, few studies have explicitly demonstrated this linkage. Tobias Dansen, a ...

Sometime around 2 billion years ago, a bacterium slipped inside a larger cell, started producing energy there, and became the indispensable powerhouse we know today as the mitochondrion, so the ...

New research uncovers new insights into preventing chronic inflammation caused by aging-related zombie-like cells. In humans ...

This new cryo-EM structure represents a remarkable advance in our understanding of how human PINK1 is stabilized” said ...

Mitochondria are often referred to as the energy factories of cells, generating ATP that the body employs for numerous tasks. Nonetheless, our mitochondria’s operation tends to deteriorate as we ...

Prince Frederik, 22, was a founder and the creative director of a foundation that raised awareness of POLG disorder.

Mitochondria and chloroplasts likely evolved from engulfed prokaryotes that once lived as independent organisms. At some point, a eukaryotic cell engulfed an aerobic prokaryote, which then formed ...