Long believed to function only as the cell’s powerhouse research is revealing that mitochondria actively control a cell’s response to various types of stress. Even more amazingly mitochondria send stress-related signals between cells. In this episode UC Berkeley Professor Andy Dillin has made major advances in understanding basic mechanisms of aging, how cells and animals respond to stress, and how the aging process can be influenced by mitochondrial responses to stress. In this episode I talk with Andy about his work and its implications for optimizing health and longevity.

LINKS

Dillin Laboratory: https://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/dillin/

Publications

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10399134/pdf/load001.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32449292/

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1097-2765%2817%2930395-7

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10575585/pdf/sciadv.adi1411.pdf