In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski, full professor at the University of São Paulo's Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP) in Brazil, advocates the ...

A paper by scientists affiliated with the University of São Paulo highlights new discoveries regarding the mechanisms of oxidative phosphorylation involved in ATP production. Recent studies have ...

Immunotherapy, which uses the body’s own immune system to fight cancer, can be an effective treatment option, yet many patients do not respond to it. Cancer researchers are seeking new ways to ...

Mitochondrial Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is the largest enzyme complex of the respiratory chain, essential for cellular energy production. This multiprotein assembly couples the ...

Researchers have discovered that Coenzyme Q2 (CoQ2) acts as a sedative-hypnotic in mice, inducing reversible unconsciousness through mitochondrial disruption. Unlike its shorter-chain relative CoQ1, ...