Mitochondria, the so-called powerhouse of the cells, are responsible for the energy supply of the organism and fulfill functions in metabolic and signaling processes. Researchers at the University ...

Mitochondria - the organelles responsible for energy production in human cells - were once free-living organisms that found their way into early eukaryotic cells over a billion years ago. Since then, ...

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the "energy producers ...

Programmed cell death is an essential part of a healthy, normal life as the body removes old, damaged or unnecessary cells.

The "power plants" of living cells, the mitochondria, probably evolved through endosymbiosis: A bacterium migrated into a ...

Rush hour never ceases at the nucleus’ border. Gene products begin their lives in the nucleus as strands of mRNA that ship out into the cytoplasm, where they serve as templates for protein synthesis.

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and CIBER-BBN, in collaboration with teams from the ...

Cancer cells transfer mitochondria through nanotubes to healthy neighboring cells, turning them into tumor-supporting accomplices, a new study shows.