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Nature 444, 151-152 (9 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444151a; Published online 8 November 2006
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Postdoctoral Research in Functional Genomics
- Harvard School of Public Health, computer science, biology, bioinformatics,
- Boston, MA
Cell biology: A clean energy programme
Toren Finkel1
Abstract
Mitochondria supply cells with energy, but in the process produce potentially damaging oxidants. It seems that a protein required to produce new mitochondria also protects against the resulting oxidative damage.
Climate scientists have taught us that the planet is getting warmer because of the intimate relationship between the production and consumption of energy and the consequent generation of toxic by-products. Cell biologists have long known that a similar struggle between product and by-product occurs continuously inside every cell.
- Toren Finkel is in the Cardiology Branch, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, 10/CRC 5-3330, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Email: finkelt@nih.gov
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