Sea slug study illuminates how mitochondria move

Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 10:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Your cells have an amazing ability—they can build their own energy factories, called mitochondria. Once built, mitochondria must move where needed in the cell. Defects in mitochondrial transport are a suspected cause of diseases including Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's and Parkinson's.

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