The woody breast (WB) myopathy poses significant economic and welfare concerns to the poultry industry, however, there is no effective strategy to mitigate this pathology due to its unknown etiology.

The study led by Mafalda Escobar at the University of Cologne’s Institute of Genetics, CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), uncovered an ...

MFN2 has long been recognized for its role in mitochondrial fusion. The researchers now uncovered an additional, unexpected function of MFN2 in maintaining protein quality within cells.

Antonio Zorzano and Saska Ivanova at IRB Barcelona has published a new study in the journal Autophagy that sheds light on the connections between the MFN1 and MFN2 proteins and autophagy.