Albert Thompson III

Courtesy Affiliate, Retired Faculty or Staff

USE 108 TEMPE, AZ 85287-6106
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Long Bio

Mitochondria Bioenergetics and Optimization (Δψm)

It’s the Mitochondria, stupid!

-Albert Thompson III

Dr. Otto H. Warburg theory awarded the Nobel Prize 1931

In contrast to healthy cells, which generate energy by the oxidative breakdown of a simple acid within the mitochondria, tumors and cancer cells generate energy through the non-oxidative breakdown of glucose, a process called glycolysis (sugar splitting). Indeed, glycolysis is the biochemical hallmark of most, if not all, types of cancers. Because of this difference between healthy cells and cancer cells, Otto Warburg argued, cancer should be interpreted as a type of mitochondrial disease. (Boston College press office)

Research Interests

Mitochondria Bioenergetics and Optimization (Δψm)

It’s the Mitochondria, stupid!

-Albert Thompson III

Dr. Otto H. Warburg theory awarded the Nobel Prize 1931

In contrast to healthy cells, which generate energy by the oxidative breakdown of a simple acid within the mitochondria, tumors and cancer cells generate energy through the non-oxidative breakdown of glucose, a process called glycolysis (sugar splitting). Indeed, glycolysis is the biochemical hallmark of most, if not all, types of cancers. Because of this difference between healthy cells and cancer cells, Otto Warburg argued, cancer should be interpreted as a type of mitochondrial disease. (Boston College press office)