Mitochondria are responsible for producing and providing energy to our bodies, especially in organs such as the heart, brain, and muscles, which require high-energy production. These organs ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...

University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing ...

A collaborative study from the University of Cologne has uncovered how a key mitochondrial protein, AIFM1 (Apoptosis-Inducing ...

Mitochondria Are More Than Powerhouses—They’re the Motherboard of the Cell. When these energy-giving organelles thrive, so do we. By Martin Picard edited by Madhusree Mukerjee.

Mitochondria are often called the powerhouses of the cell. We explain how they got this title, and outline other important roles that they carry out. Medical News Today ...

An unexpected presence in the brain. Mitochondria are well-known as energy producers within a cell. But that’s not their only job. There are “15 or 20 different things that mitochondria can do ...

In 2007 and 2009, his laboratory showed that isolated mouse mitochondria can be transferred to human cells by co-incubation, providing a proof of principle for transfer of mitochondria by diffusion, ...

Somatic nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertions are prevalent in the human brain and accumulate over time in fibroblasts. PLOS Biology, 2024; 22 (8): e3002723 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002723; ...

Mitochondria may hold the key to curing diabetes Date: February 7, 2025 Source: Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Summary: Mitochondria are essential for generating energy that fuels ...

In the 1.6 billion to 1.8 billion years since mitochondria came into existence, the genetic signature of protomitochondria "has been diluted, scrambled, and … a very little bit has been left ...

Bits of DNA from mitochondria can skip surprisingly fast into our genome and may reduce lifespan. Skip to main content. Scientific American. January 3, 2025. 4 min read.