Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of life (Oxford Landmark Science)

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The latest research suggests that mitochondria play a key role in degenerative diseases such as cancer, through their involvement in precipitating cell suicide. Mitochondria, then, are pivotal in power, sex, and suicide. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in this exciting field to show how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don’t we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death. ‘An extraordinary account of groundbreaking modern science…The book abounds with interesting and important ideas.’ Mark Ridley, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford