Neutrophils (yellow) eject a NET (green) to ensnare bacteria (purple). Other cells, such as red blood cells (orange), may also get trapped. CHDENK/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Research from my ...

Mitochondria are well known as energy suppliers, and powerhouses of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of those functions is outcompeting pathogens for resources, according to ...

The structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria shape their role as signaling organelles, with far-reaching ...

UCLA research shows that mitochondria detect invading pathogen Toxoplasma gondii and ramp up competition for vitamin B9, also known as folate, depriving it of the nourishment it needs to grow. This ...

Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith's lab in the Department of Microbiology is documenting how key immune cells detect infection and how that fails to happen in people with lupus. Research Associate ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Research from my colleagues and I revealed that mitochondria play another key role in ...