New anti-ageing strategy focuses on mitochondria

Isabelle Imbert Ph.D., Anne-Francoise Clay, Joel Mantelin, Karine Cucumel Ph.D. – Vincience, ISP Global Skin Research Center, France

Mitochondria play a central role in metabolism and bioenergetics, and their main macromolecular structures have been determined down to the atomic level. However, the study of mitochondria is far from exhausted. Recent understanding of the essential role of mitochondria in the ageing process has raised considerable interest in a new anti-ageing approach that involves the development of new target molecules to protect against mitochondrial ageing and dysfunction.