The FDA approved a peptide for a rare mitochondrial disease. But what's more interesting is the more common potential use ...

Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have now gained ...

Why do cells age—and why do we lose our energy and vitality as we get older? This question is one of the central challenges ...

As we age, our cells lose energy and adaptability—a process closely linked to the function of mitochondria, the cell’s “powerhouses”. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging have discovered that ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

The mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, plays a surprising role in diet and health since its function in energy production directly influences body metabolism, that are also involved in aging ...

A landmark study illustrates how recharging the brain's mitochondrial activity can reverse memory loss in dementia, ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have found that herpesvirus infection modifies the structure and normal function of the mitochondria in the host cell. The new information will help to ...