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News Feature: Deity of disease

Nature Medicine volume 11, pages 814–815 (2005)Cite this article

A small group of scientists argues that one organelle is the silent cause of the body's decline into disease. Charlotte Schubert surveys the realm of 'mitochondriacs'.

“I'm a believer,” says Richard Weindruch. Soft spoken though he is, Weindruch has spent years upholding the object of his faith, convinced that it holds the key to aging and mortality.

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