Mitochondria as targets for detection and treatment of cancer.

@article{ModicaNapolitano2002MitochondriaAT,
  title={Mitochondria as targets for detection and treatment of cancer.},
  author={Josephine S. Modica-Napolitano and Keshav K. Singh},
  journal={Expert reviews in molecular medicine},
  year={2002},
  volume={4 9},
  pages={
          1-19
        }
}
Mitochondria are dynamic intracellular organelles that play a central role in oxidative metabolism and apoptosis. The recent resurgence of interest in the study of mitochondria has been fuelled in large part by the recognition that genetic and/or metabolic alterations in this organelle are causative or contributing factors in a variety of human diseases including cancer. Several distinct differences between the mitochondria of normal cells and cancer cells have already been observed at the… 
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