Researchers report an unexplained 71-terahertz vibration in living cells, mouse tissues and isolated mitochondria that ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the metabolism of the cell, they also play a key role in the integration of signals ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which motor neurons are gradually lost, ...

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Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, memory, and social recognition. Led by Shannon Farris, assistant professor at ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have captured the first detailed molecular snapshots of human polynucleotide phosphorylase (hPNPase) in action, ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified a previously unrecognized feature of Alzheimer’s disease in the form of clustered, damaged cellular power plants within nerve fibers. These structures, dubbed “mitochondrial ...

Bone marrow transplants offer an unexpected way for diseased cells in the heart and brain to get replacement parts, a ...