Mitochondrial research: New studies build on 60 years of work
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 16:31
in Physics & Chemistry
New research was built on a mission to determine, bit by bit, how mitochondria -- the power plants of cells -- generate the energy required to sustain life. What these researchers found, a compound called coenzyme Q, was a missing piece of the puzzle and became a major part of a legacy of sixty years worth of mitochondrial research.