Power to the genome: Scientists decipher how the nucleus gets its energy
June 11, 2026
A University of Arizona-led team finds that mitochondria — the cell’s power plants — plug directly into the nucleus, fueling the genes that build the heart, brain and body.
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Hesham A. Sadek, MD, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, left, and Ivan Menéndez-Montes, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the U of A, are studying how cellular metabolism influences development, gene regulation and disease.