Observing live energy production by malignant cells

Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

To be able to function, cell mitochondria import 'fuel' using a carrier, the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC). In order to determine whether the MPC is still functional in malignant cells, scientists have just developed a biosensor to measure its live activity.

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