Healthspan

If mitochondrial decline sits near the center of aging, the interesting question is how researchers are trying to address it. The research splits into three distinct strategies — protect the structure, restore the metabolic inputs, and strengthen the signals — and seeing them together is the best map of the field.

Mitochondria do far more than make energy — and their gradual dysfunction sits close to the center of why bodies age. A guide to the biology that has made mitochondria one of the most important targets in longevity research.