Bad Mitochondria May Actually Be Good For You

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 00:28 in Health & Medicine

Mice with a defective mitochondrial protein called MCLK1 produce elevated amounts of reactive oxygen when young; that should spell disaster, yet according to a new study these mice actually age at a slower rate and live longer than normal mice.

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