News tagged with damaged mitochondria

Cellular metabolism self-adapts to protect against free radicals

Oxygen-consuming organisms obtain energy through cellular respiration, which is the transformation of carbohydrates and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water. This process also produces toxic oxygen radicals which must be ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bad mitochondria may actually be good for you

Mice with a defective mitochondrial protein called MCLK1 produce elevated amounts of reactive oxygen when young; that should spell disaster, yet according to a study in this week's JBC these mice actually age at a slower ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0