My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra ...

The mitochondrion plays critical roles in cellular function, making it a prime organelle to target for fundamental studies, ...

The efforts of a research team give hope for new treatment approaches for dangerous tropical diseases. The researchers have compiled a high-precision inventory of the membrane proteins of cell ...

For neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, treatment options are scant. New research by Stanford ...

A 75-person team at Seattle's Allen Institute is embarking on a 10-year project called CellScapes to devise a mathematical ...

A study from VIB-KU Leuven reveals how the interaction between the proteins GPR158 and PLCXD2 regulates synaptic maturation.

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

A new class of molecules capable of killing the cancer cells that are refractory to standard treatments and responsible for recurrence has just been developed. This crucial advance in the fight ...

What's perhaps most interesting about Mitch's origin story is that it plays a key role in mitochondrial fusion – which is a ...