Researchers at the Wistar Institute have found that mice that lack a protein called TRAP-1 live longer and with fewer age-related illnesses, such as obesity, tissue degeneration and tumor formation, compared to normal mice. In healthy cells, TRAP-1 is an important regulator of metabolism and has been shown to regulate energy production in mitochondria, organelles that generate chemically useful energy for the cell. In the mitochondria of cancer cells, TRAP-1 is ...
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