Symmetry is a fundamental characteristic of most multi-cell animals. However, the cell division of embryonic cells is ...

The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study.

BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is substantially influenced by genetic factors. Sarcomere function is intricately associated with other organelles, particularly the reciprocal regulation ...

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

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

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea of mitochondria being little batteries with a built-in charger, about as ...