/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8513/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mitochondria-drive-cell-survival-times-need-270509 <p><em>By Cynthia Lee</em></p> <p>ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û researchers have discovered a mechanism through which mitochondria, the energy factory of our body’s cells, play a role in preventing cells from dying when the cells are deprived of nutrients – a finding that points to a potential target for next-generation cancer drugs.</p> <p>The research, published in <em>Molecular Cell</em>, builds on previous work by ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û professor Nahum Sonenberg, one of the senior authors of the new study.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:09:24 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32316 at /newsroom