New insights into a family of metabolites, acylspermidines, could change how we understand aging and fight disease. A new study presents an unexpected connection between spermidine, a long-known ...

For decades, physicians and scientists thought metformin, the leading type 2 diabetes medication taken by millions worldwide, ...

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 ...

Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and member of the Transdisciplinary Research Area “Life & Health” at the University of Bonn. The ...

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 ...

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Chinese researchers have developed a novel and highly efficient mitochondrial capsule transplantation therapy, achieving the safe and efficient transplantation of healthy mitochondria into cells and ...

Why health influencers are obsessed with mitochondria. By Dana G. Smith Last summer, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he could tell that someone was having “mitochondrial challenges” just ...

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 ...