“These cells are metabolically really active,” said Lewis. “And cells that are metabolically active need a lot of mitochondria.” The researchers want to determine how the numbers, sizes, and ...

Powerhouse of the Cell It is the mitochondrion, a small body which appears to play a central role in the oxidation of foodstuff. Its structure, as revealed by the electron microscope, mirrors its ...

For some people, that’s an eye-opening claim.” Mitochondria constantly churn out chemical energy to fuel the extensive network of biochemical reactions occurring throughout the cell, thus inspiring ...

Researchers have identified a unique mitochondrial process in CA2 neurons that supports learning, memory, and social ...

Hola, mis amigos de la ciencia! This week, researchers reported that hominins strode bipedally across Europe 500,000 years earlier than previously known. By making digital endocasts of bird skulls, ...

NAD, a vital molecule for cellular energy and DNA repair, plays a central role in aging and diseases like cancer and ...

Mitochondria are essential for generating energy that fuels cells and helps them function. Mitochondria are essential for generating energy that fuels cells and helps them function.

Mitochondrial damage is common in metabolic diseases like Diabetes, affecting insulin production and function in patients. Diabetics’ insulin-producing β-cells have abnormal mitochondria, impairing ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Mitochondria organelles came from primordial bacterial endosymbionts and still preserve distinct genes for important functions like making ATP. To speed the emerging therapeutic research into the ...

A new study explains how mitochondria act as “reservoirs” to store NAD for cells to use, which could help scientists come up ...

Similarly, in the cell model of the person with mutations ... the entire process that makes mitochondria our powerhouse is disrupted," says first author Nanami Senoo, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow ...