What Jared Rutter has said about Warburg effect

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 7, 2026

Jared Rutter, American biochemist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator specializing in mitochondria and metabolism, has been quoted on Warburg effect once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Rutter argues that mitochondria in cancer cells are not broken, contrary to Warburg's interpretation, but are very good at making biomass.
“it turns out that mitochondria and cancer cells are not broken. In fact, they're very, very good, not necessarily at making ATP, but at making stuff”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:35:13

Episodes

How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter
Huberman Lab · Sep 7, 2026 · 2 h 4 min
Biochemist Jared Rutter explains to Andrew Huberman how mitochondria allocate cellular resources between energy and growth, shaping aging, heart failure, and cancer.

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