Mitochondrial function and bioenergetics · Published on X 2026-10-19
A cell and mouse study, not a human treatment: in 2022, scientists showed too much copper can kill cancer cells in a new way, by jamming energy enzymes inside mitochondria. Four years on, human evidence is still thin.
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Cell and animal research (not human)
Main finding · Tsvetkov P et al., Science, 2022 · in vitro
Cell and animal research (not human)
Methods and limits · Tsvetkov P et al., Science, 2022 · in vitro
Cell research: human cell lines and yeast (not human)
What came after (1) · Dreishpoon 2023 et al., J Biol Chem 2023; J Biol Chem 2023; PNAS 2023 · in vitro
Mixed: human observational, cell and animal research
What came after (2) · Sun L et al., Nat Commun 2023; Medicine (Baltimore) 2024; ClinicalTrials.gov 2026 · observational
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