Key to regulating cell's powerhouse discovered

Friday, July 15, 2016 - 11:41 in Biology & Nature

Aging, 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 now show how cells control DNA synthesis in mitochondria and couple it to mitochondrial division.

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