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

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

An emerging area of research is the evolutionarily conserved transfer of mitochondria between cells. Yet researchers have lacked unique and universally accepted terms and practices to describe such ...

Stanford University-led researchers report that tumor cells hijack mitochondria from immune cells, reducing anti-tumor immune ...

While thrombolytic therapy remains one of the most effective strategies for stroke recovery, it is effective only for a short ...

I always wanted to understand life. What moves us? What allows us to heal and thrive? And what goes wrong when we get sick or when we eventually stop breathing and die? My search for answers to these ...

Synaptic transmission is an energy hog. It requires neurons to tap ATP reserves to respond to incoming signals. How do they pull this off, thousands to millions of times per day? A new study ...