Mito in the News

NEWS RELEASE 20-FEB-2020 “The lack of oxygen in the period anticipating child birth – a condition that may affect children of pregnant women subjected to a high blood pressure disorder called […]

The head of a roundworm, C. elegans. The glia that regulate the stress response in all the worm’s cells are highlighted. A mere four of these cells, known as CEPsh […]

Researchers have discovered that a small molecule can help some T cells combat tumours during PD-1 blockade immunotherapy in mice. A small molecule that inhibits energy production in T cells […]

Mitochondria cannot autonomously cope with stress and must instead call on the cell for help. Molecular geneticists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have identified the long-sought signaling pathway which enables […]

Studies in animal models investigating mitochondrial abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) found that therapies targeting mitochondria — the powerhouses of cells — are consistently effective in prolonging survival, a […]

In recent years, brown fat has garnered increasing attention as the so-called good fat that can protect against obesity and associated health risks, like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Brown fat […]

Image of a cell: the cell nucleus is blue, the mitochondria structure red, and the mitochondrial DNA green. Credit: Alexandra Kukat If the energy supply of a cell is disturbed […]

Credit: Riva Ferdian on Unsplash. Scientists in Texas and Pennsylvania have identified a protein sensor that restricts how much sugar and fat our cells convert into energy during periods of […]

Defects in mitophagy — the process that degrades defective mitochondria , the cell compartments responsible for producing energy — in certain types of immune cells may cause myasthenia gravis (MG), […]

Looking into a deep red light for 3 minutes each day may significantly improve declining eyesight, according to a study published in Journals of Gerontology. Looking into a deep red […]