Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. Microscopic view of mitochondria—often called the "powerhouses of ...

Over the past couple of years, celebrities, tech bros, and biohackers have come to believe they’ve found the ultimate source of good health. Boosting this one thing, they say, will cure all ails, ...

Human cells have two copies of each chromosome, and this balance is essential for genes to be expressed in the appropriate ...

A study led by researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology suggests that the benefits of the Mediterranean ...

Chinese researchers have developed a novel and highly efficient mitochondrial capsule transplantation therapy, achieving the ...

A well-fitted ‘disguise’ allows transplanted mitochondria to slip into cells whose own mitochondria are defective, scientists ...

A new mitochondrial capsule therapy delivers healthy mitochondria into cells with high efficiency. The approach restored ...

Novel high-resolution microscopy technology is allowing researchers to see for the first time the dynamic processes of respiration in a native membrane environment at the atomic level. The new ...