After earning a dual MD–PhD from the University of Maryland, Porter used his background in muscle cell biology to investigate heart development at Yale. It wasn’t until his move to Rochester, however, ...

To specifically study the location-dependent effect of hydrogen peroxide ... However, in their study, hydrogen peroxide produced at high levels at the mitochondria induced cell death before it could ...

As we age, blood stem cells, the essential source of new blood cells in the body, can accumulate genetic mutations. These ...

After 50 years of mystery, researchers at the University of Cambridge have revealed how a molecular machine inside ...

mitochondria are rather dynamic. They constantly shift in size, number and location, traveling between many different parts of the cell to meet different demands. These mitochondrial dynamics are ...

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 ...

Often called the "energy currency" of cells, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is produced in mitochondria by oxidative ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The paper C. Fecher et al., “Cell-type-specific profiling of brain mitochondria reveals functional and molecular diversity,” Nat Neurosci, ...

Their findings reveal that mutated cells have mitochondria that produce energy at double the capacity of normal cells. These enhanced mitochondria give the mutated stem cells a significant growth ...

Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria—the mitochondrial DNA ... Such damage also speeds up the aging process. However, the cells are normally capable of identifying such damage and ...