* Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas ...

Nearly every cell in your body depends on mitochondria to survive and function properly. Mitochondria provide 90% of our bodies' energy, but less well-known are their roles in cellular signaling and ...

Mitochondria are the cell's power plants: They turn the food we eat into the energy our cells can use. But when stress hijacks the process they use to maintain their quality, they get snipped into ...

Researchers have highlighted that eating a high-fat diet dismantles mitochondria via the activation of a single molecule termed RalA. Obesity is characterized by fatty tissue expanding and undergoing ...