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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Without cell division, long-term tissue survival would ... damaged cells — including those with DNA damage or defective mitochondria. During apoptosis, cellular proteases and nucleases are ...

After 50 years of mystery, researchers at the University of Cambridge have revealed how a molecular machine inside mitochondria enables cells to generate energy from sugars, a process crucial to all ...

As we age, blood stem cells, the essential source of new blood cells in the body, can accumulate genetic mutations. These ...

Cugell, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, have discovered how mitochondria influence ...

DNA replicates to form two copies of each chromosome, ready for cell division. This then produces new sub-cellular structures such as mitochondria, ribosomes and chloroplasts. During this stage ...

The researchers who made the discovery propose that the independent mitochondria may be released by cells for signaling purposes, although more work is needed to validate that hypothesis. “It’s very ...

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Scientists say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as 'guardians' of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a ...