A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...

Scientists at Duke University found that satellite glial cells can deliver healthy mitochondria to injured sensory neurons, restoring energy, reducing inflammation, and significantly relieving ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

Mitochondria fuel your muscles, immune system and cellular repair – and their performance affects everything from fitness to ...

Transferring mitochondria, or the glial cells that produce them, to mice with nerve damage mitigated pain, suggesting a ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

The tiny little powerhouses of our cells, the mitochondria, are unique among organelles because they carry their own tiny ...