According to a recent AHA Scientific Statement, despite ongoing limitations, recent advances in genomic sequencing ...

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Longevity science has spent decades chasing single molecules that might slow aging, but most candidates have delivered modest ...

You might know them as the “powerhouses of the cell,” but that’s selling mitochondria short—these microscopic MVPs play a ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

A small tweak to mitochondrial energy production led to big gains in health and longevity. Mice engineered to boost a protein that helps mitochondria work more efficiently lived longer and showed ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found evidence that shows how obesity affects the body on a metabolic level by disrupting mitochondrial function. CHOKSAWATDIKORN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images ...

Many of us remember from high school biology class that mitochondria are the cell’s “power plants.” These small kidney-bean-shaped structures are what convert nutrients from food into ATP — the cell’s ...

This mitochondrial process supports the brain cells essential to learning, memory and social recognition. We know that mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell, but what role do they play in ...