Scientists found a compound that appears to counter common mutations behind POLG-related diseases, rare conditions that harm ...

The researchers identified the structure of this machine, the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), and 50 years since its discovery, have shown how it operates like the lock on a canal to transport ...

Feedback notes the flurry of new papers mentioning the mysterious "vegetative electron microscope", and ponders the emergence of this tortured phrase ...

After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...

Known as the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier, this molecular machine was first proposed to exist in 1971, but it has taken ...

Researchers at the University of Cologne found that mitochondrial dysfunction leads to early skeletal aging by disrupting ...

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 ...

Professor Kunji said: "Drugs inhibiting the function of the carrier can remodel how mitochondria work, which can be beneficial in certain conditions. Electron microscopy allows us to visualise ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells ...