Powerhouse of disease
Article Abstract:
A research is carried out to prove that mitochondrial deficiency could theoretically give rise to any symptom, in any organ, at any age and faulty mitochondria might cause diseases such as diabetes. Defective mitochondria in the pancreases fail to burn sufficient glucose, so the levels of ATP in pancreatic cells are abnormally low, and cells rely on ATP levels to help them estimate the amount of glucose in the blood resulting in cells not sensing glucose and not releasing appropriate amounts of insulin and the blood glucose level to rise.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Batteries not included
Article Abstract:
Bacteria in the role of the best electrochemists, creating a life-powering flow of electrons in a starting range of conditions is presented. It is described that the discovery of bacteria capable of this anaerobic ammonia oxidation or anammox reaction in the late 1990s, was a high water mark for the rising tide of what might be called microbial triumphalism.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Reading the book of death
Article Abstract:
The reasons for mass extinction of species at the end of Permian period are analyzed and the difference in adaptability of warm blooded and cold blooded animals which have different metabolic rates is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Deep impact: Sifting through the debris. Titan: Tapping the flood of data. Counting the dead
- Abstracts: Boosting access to disease data. Power to the people
- Abstracts: Detection of molecular gas in the quasar BR1202 - 0725 at redshift z = 4.69. Discovery of the short-gamma-ray burst GRB 050709
- Abstracts: Plate-boundary deformation associated with the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. What happened and what's next?
- Abstracts: The influence of the surface migration of gold on the growth of silicon nanowires. Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources