Until today, skin, brain, and all tissues of the human body were difficult to observe in detail with an optical microscope, ...

Researchers discovered that mitochondria-rich extracellular vesicles (Ti-mitoEVs) from skeletal muscle can deliver healthy ...

New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have employed a genetic method ...

The only creatures known to conceive offspring from more than two parents are salamanders. Females from the genus Ambystoma ...

The pig’s heart was graying rapidly, so McCully decided to try it. He loaded a syringe with the extracted mitochondria and ...

In normal cells, the equilibrium between mitochondrial fusion and fission ensures proper cellular health and function. However, in cancer cells, this balance is disrupted, with a shift toward ...

Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

Long before I got my first glimpse of mitochondria, I had boned up on the basics of their structure and biology. We inherit our mitochondria from our mother—from the egg cell, to be precise.