"Mitochondria are the engines that drive many activities performed by our cells," said first author Paria Ali Pour, a UCI Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering. "If these organelles are mutated or deemed dysfunctional, the clinical manifestations are devastating, so we decided to study the intracellular consequences of mitochondrial transplantation and determine whether it would be a viable method for mitigating these adverse situations and helping patients." Read More