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 ...

Learning, memory, motivation, dread: one overlooked organelle may sit quietly behind all of it.

From ATP production to cellular repair, mitochondrial resilience may help determine how well cells age and which strategies could preserve health for longer.

Beyond the nucleus, no other organelle in eukaryotic cells captures the public's imagination quite like mitochondria: They are the engines of cellular energy production; they possess their own DNA, ...

The benefits of all three come down to a crucial piece of cellular kit ...

The accumulating evidence that metabolic factors play a significant role in the many symptoms of mental disorders opens a whole new approach to treatment. Targeting mitochondrial function promises to ...

A new study reveals how hyperphosphorylated tau causes reverse electron transport in mitochondria, driving Alzheimer's ...