Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A New Brake On Cellular Energy Production Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070727091009.htm

Summary: The article was talking about how scientists have found a way to slow down cellular energy production. Scientists found new mitochondrial factors that can slow down the production of this process. This new discovery could lead to new ways of treating diseases in the future.

Questions: What is the chemical equation for cellular respiration? O2+C6H12O6 -->CO2+H2O
What organelles are involved in this process? Mitochondrial DNA and mtDNA
List three things you learned from this article in your own words. Cellular respiration can be regulated, that it produces energy for the cell, and that this discovery can spur new ways of treating various diseases later on.
What impact would the absence of this process have on the biosphere? It wouldn't have an effect if it takes in the same amount of carbon-dioxide as it did oxygen.

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