Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have now gained ...

When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

For decades, scientists assumed that order drives efficiency. Yet in the bustling machinery of mitochondria—the organelles ...

A Parkinsonian mystery—how PINK1 locks onto malfunctioning mitochondria—now has a structural solution. Researchers at the University of Melbourne led by Sylvie Callegari, Alisa Glukhova, and David ...

Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move remain unclear. Research published in the Biophysical Journal shows that ...

Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.