New York Times quoted Pinchas Cohen in an article on the increasing focus on mitochondria in longevity research. “I’m not going to complain about mitochondria being at the forefront of the discussion right now because I think it is important. … But I can’t really explain how it happened,” Cohen said.
He added that a decline in mitochondria health may drive some of the symptoms of age-related disease. “The mitochondria just give up earlier than other parts of the cell because of the wear and tear that they’re subjected to,” he said. “They’re the canary in the coal mine of cellular dysfunction.”
