The pig’s heart was graying rapidly, so McCully decided to try it. He loaded a syringe with the extracted mitochondria and ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...

An international research team has uncovered a surprising way compartments within cells work together to defend themselves ...

Led by Prof. Dr. Markus Schwarzländer, an inter-university team recently discovered how calcium ions find their way into the mitochondria of plant cells. The vital signalling substance is ...

Plant cells have some specialized properties that make them distinct from animal cells. Learn how special structures, such as chloroplasts and cell walls, create this distinction.

Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, fungi, and animals, are made of cells that contain mitochondria. These organelles ...

An international team led by researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, ...

Plant cells. Plant cells are the building blocks of all plant life. They are characterized by a rigid cell wall made of cellulose, chloroplasts for photosynthesis and large central vacuoles that store ...

Mitochondria definition. Mitochondria (mitochondrion, singular) are membrane-bound organelles found in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells but are absent in prokaryotic cells. The main ...

University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing ...

Surprisingly, we found that manganese was more harmful to the cell’s waste recycling system than to its mitochondria, causing buildup of toxic proteins before mitochondria became dysfunctional.