Key to Regulating Mitochondria Discovered

Saturday, July 16, 2016 - 16:51 in Biology & Nature

ging, neurodegenerative disorders and metabolic disease are all linked to mitochondria, structures within our cells that generate chemical energy and maintain their own DNA. In a fundamental discovery with far-reaching implications, scientists at the University of California, Davis, now show how cells control DNA synthesis in mitochondria and couple it to mitochondrial division. The work […]

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