There’s a whole humanity behind the research that we do. This is actually happening.’”Adedoja says that the longer lifespan is a product of the mitochondrial stress response. Inducing mitochondrial stress has been proposed as an approach to treating various mitochondrial, neurodegenerative, cardiac diseases, and cancer. But, Soukas says, there are still important aspects of mitochondrial stress defenses that remain uncovered. There’s a whole humanity behind the research that we do.