My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

They turn the food we eat into the energy our cells can use. But when stress hijacks the process they use to maintain their ...

Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra ...

New research published in Nature Communications into hidden mutations in mitochondrial DNA has uncovered how high mutational ...

Researchers reveal that mitochondria in photoreceptor cells align side-by-side via specialized tethers, enabling ...

Researchers have identified a small molecule that can reverse oxidative damage to mitochondria, helping to address many human ...

Mitochondria play a central role in energy metabolism and overall health. In obesity and its comorbidities, mitochondrial ...

People often refer to mitochondria as the powerhouses of the cell. Their main function is to generate the energy necessary to power cells, but they are also involved in cell signaling and death.