Mitochondria may seem like small cogs in the complex machinery of the cell, but even little gears can drive big changes. Now, researchers from Japan have found that impairing mitochondria in two different ways can have a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 13, 2022
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 7, 2022
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Scientists led by Dr. Orian Shirihai, director of the metabolism theme at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, have developed a method for restoring oxygen-consumption activity to previously frozen mitochondria samples, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 23, 2020
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An international team of researchers has found a multicellular animal with no mitochondrial DNA, making it the only known animal to exist without the need to breathe oxygen. In their paper published in Proceedings of the ...
The cotransporter NKCC1 moves sodium, potassium and chloride ions across the cell membrane and has roles regulating cell volume, epithelial transport and neuronal excitability.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2020
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Throughout history, humans have been obsessed with finding a way to prevent aging and prolong life. Although the mechanisms have long eluded us, modern science is revealing more and more about the aging process. Now, researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2019
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Scientists have shown that the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila has developed a specific strategy to target host cell mitochondria, the organelles in charge of cellular bioenergetics. Their study provides information ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2017
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Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have defined the molecular organization underlying energy production in living cells. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, sheds ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 24, 2016
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By identifying new compounds that selectively block mitochondrial respiration in pathogenic fungi, Whitehead Institute scientists have identified a potential antifungal mechanism that could enable combination therapy with ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 11, 2016
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Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now discovered a new function ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 8, 2009
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