Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

Investigators led by Navdeep Chandel, Ph.D., the David W. Cugell, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and ...

Mitochondria are organelles found in the cells of most eukaryotic organisms, including animals, plants, and fungi, whose cells contain a membrane-bound nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.

Sleep may not just be rest for the mind—it may be essential maintenance for the body's power supply. A new study by ...

The pig’s heart was graying rapidly, so McCully decided to try it. He loaded a syringe with the extracted mitochondria and ...

Researchers discovered that mitochondria-rich extracellular vesicles (Ti-mitoEVs) from skeletal muscle can deliver healthy ...

Mitochondria made cells social, binding them in a contract whereby the survival of each cell depends on every other one, and thus made us possible. Advertisement. Advertisement.

Researchers at the University of Michigan found that mitochondria also accumulate misfolded proteins, which kills β-cells.

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

Mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the nucleus, the study found, where the DNA becomes integrated into the cells' chromosomes.

Mitochondria keep your brain cells alive: Helping them run smoothly may protect against Parkinson's disease. by Rebecca Zhangqiuzi Fan and Kim Tieu, Florida International University ...