www.MitoWorld.org is a global mitochondria research, information and media hub which intends to be inclusive across the many mitochondria communities to promote mitochondria broadly to the public, to medicine, health advocates and education.
Don't miss the related roundtable during the Cell Press Symposium: Multifaceted Mitochondria (June 21-23)
Can #mitochondria serve as a blood #biomarker for #melanoma? Learn more about how #CancerCells expel damaged mitos in our MitoBlog on Francisca Alcayaga-Miranda's #CancerLetters paper!
@elsevierhms.bsky.social #CancerResearch #MelanomaResearch #UMDF #mitoscientists
mitoworld.org/melanoma-cel...
🧭New MitoBlog features @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social commentary on cancer & #mitochondria insights & new #MitoCancer Atlas project! See Q&A insights with T. MacVicar, L. Greaves, P. Gammage, S. Tait, K. Fisher-Wellman & G. Freedman
mitoworld.org/cancer-as-a-... #UMDF #mitoscientists #cancerresearch
How do dysfunctional #mitochondria contribute to #neuron malfunction & #neuroinflammation in #BipolarDisorder? See Dr. Andreazza @utoronto.ca landmark study using #brainorganoids from patients! #TranslationalPsychiatry @natureportfolio.nature.com #BipolarResearch #UMDF
mitoworld.org/mitochondria...
#BreastCancer cells use #mitochondria to fuel #metastasis, implicating #glutathione as a therapeutic target, says Birsoy @rockefeller.edu. See @aacrjournals.bsky.social paper, Q&A. #CancerResearch #BreastCancerResearch #mitoscientists #UMDF #BCmet @theaacr.bsky.social
mitoworld.org/glutathione-...
🏋️ How does exercise influence #mitochondria health, #mitophagy, #innateimmunity & #immunesignaling? Find out from Dr. Hood @ York University on the Mitoblog featuring his JSHS paper, with implicated mechanisms for #chronicfatigue : mitoworld.org/mitochondria...
#UMDF #mitoscientists
😰 Is #depression a disease of #mitochondrialdysfunction? Dr. Cullen finds altered #mitochondria output & ATP in patients, potentially contributing to #fatigue. See the Mitoblog!
mitoworld.org/atp-bioenerg...
#TranslationalPsychiatry @natureportfolio.nature.com
@mayoclinic.org #UMDF #mitoscientists
How are #Mitochondria metabolic pathways wired to meet demands of various cell types & contexts? Drs Finley & Brunner @mskcancercenter.bsky.social explain on MitoBlog
@cellpress.bsky.social @cp-molcell.bsky.social
#MitochndrialMetabolism #TCACycle #UMDF #mitoscientists
mitoworld.org/context-and-...
#MitochondrialTransfer as a therapy for disease moves closer to reality with B. Roska's @unibas.ch new #MitoCatch approach targeting specific cell types! Read about the
@nature.com paper with author Q&A on next steps to the clinic: #UMDF #mitochondria #mitoscientists
mitoworld.org/cell-type-ta...
Groundbreaking #MitochondrialTransplantation panel discussion at #SynBioBeta2026 on #bioengineering #mtDNA, #mitochondria #geneediting & potential for #mitochondrialtherapeutics & #longevity! Insights on the MitoBlog:
mitoworld.org/mitochondria...
#UMDF #mitoscientists @aria-research.bsky.social
www.MitoWorld.org
Dysfunctional mitochondria are associated with serious diseases (e.g., neurodegenerative disorders, heart failure), and transplantation of healthy mitochondria to diseased cells has been suggested as ...
Melanoma cells release abnormal mitochondria into the extracellular compartment. This novel mitochondrial quality-control mechanism points to possible biomarkers for the disease. The results of the st...
In a recent study by Dr. Ana Andreazza of The University of Toronto, a team of researchers generated 3D brain organoids from patient blood cells to study how cells from patients with bipolar disorder ...
mitoworld.org
“There is a lot we can learn from putting together the mitochondria and cancer research fields, from a better understanding of basic biological processes to identifying metabolic vulnerabilities with ...
Cancer cells need changes to metabolism to supply energy, especially during metastasis. In a recent paper in Cancer Discovery 1, a research team led by Kivanç Birsoy compared the metabolites of normal...
Led by Kathryn Cullen, a research team at the University of Minnesota, the University of Queensland, and the Mayo Clinic studied depression and fatigue in young adults with and without early-stage dep...
mitoworld.org
Mitochondria house metabolic pathways that support cell growth, survival, function and identity. Mutations in mitochondrial metabolic enzymes are drivers of many mitochondrial diseases, but different ...
Healthy skeletal muscle is critical to our overall quality of life. In turn, muscle health depends on the ability of mitochondria to perform their many essential functions. David Hood and his colleagu...
A Report from the Mitochondria Panel at SynBioBeta conference in San Jose, CA, May 7, 2026 For the first time in the conference’s fourteen-year history — SynBioBeta draws up to 1,500 founders, investo...
