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The MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (formerly the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit) is an institution of the Medical Research Council based at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital / Cambridge Biomedical Campus site in Cambridge, England. The unit is a University of Cambridge partner institution concerned with the study of the mitochondrion, as this organelle has a varied and critical role in many aspects of eukaryotic metabolism and is implicated in a large number of metabolic, degenerative, and age-related human diseases. ==History== The Unit was originally founded in 1927 using a donation from Sir William Dunn, who left £1 million to charity on his death in 1912. Part of this money was used to fund what was then called the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, with its research supported by the MRC. The Unit was renamed in 2009 to the Mitochondrial Biology Unit under the directorship of Professor Sir John Walker to reflect its expertise in mitochondrial research. The current director of the Unit is Professor Massimo Zeviani.〔(Directorship of the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit )〕 The Unit has three major scientific aims:〔(Introduction )〕 # To understand the fundamental processes taking place in mitochondria # To understand the involvement of these processes in human diseases # To exploit knowledge of these fundamental processes for the development of new therapies to treat human diseases 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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