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Salk Institute

Scientists at the Salk Institute

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Scientists at the Salk Institute (from left: Reuben Shaw, Sebastien Herzig and Erin Toyama) have uncovered an unexpected way in which cells trigger a critical response to mitochondrial threats, offering insight into disorders such as mitochondrial disease, cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative disease -- particularly Parkinson's disease, which is linked to dysfunctional mitochondria.

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