A new study suggests multiple sclerosis may be marked by problems with the body's ability to make new mitochondria, the ...

Many of us remember from high school biology class that mitochondria are the cell's "power plants." These small kidney-bean-shaped structures are what convert nutrients from food into ATP—the cell's ...

Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a particular part of the cell where that role is needed. One of the ways that ...

Is it possible to amp up the energy production of mitochondria without also boosting potentially harmful byproducts? If so, such a method could be used to treat a host of neurodegenerative diseases in ...

Cardiolipin sits right in that membrane. It's a phospholipid, but an unusual one: instead of the two fatty acid chains found in most phospholipids, it has four. You'll find it mainly in the inner ...

Mitochondria are like subcontractors that do jobs for your cells. In fact, scientists believe these organelles were once separate bacteria that formed a symbiotic relationship with an ancient ancestor ...

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 ...

Senescent cells remain alive after they stop dividing, earning the nickname “zombie” cells because they persist in tissue ...

Mitochondria are popularly known as the "powerhouse of the cell," but these cellular structures do much more—including acting as signaling hubs. Some signals that mitochondria send can reprogram the ...

Mitochondria are well known as energy suppliers, and powerhouses of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of those functions is outcompeting pathogens for resources, according to ...

Mitochondria are tiny structures in cells that convert the food we eat into the energy our cells need to function. Mitochondrial disease (or mito for short) is a group of conditions that affect this ...

Newswise — Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as “guardians” of mitochondria, ...