Mitochondria and chloroplasts likely evolved from engulfed prokaryotes that once lived as independent organisms. At some point, a eukaryotic cell engulfed an aerobic prokaryote, which then formed ...

Scientists at the University of Freiburg's Faculty of Medicine found that when mitochondrial energy production abruptly halts ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common brain condition in older adults worldwide and a leading cause of dementia. Despite ...

Whether cells in the human body survive or die under stress depends, among other things, on their mitochondria. Scientists at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg have now shown that ...

Where do these mitochondria come from? It is very likely that injuries cause cell lysis, degradation, and tissue breakdown (necrosis), which release the contents of cells, including broken ...