In a first, children with rare genetic diseases get mitochondrial transplants from their mothers
STAT News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
They also metabolize cholesterol and synthesize hormones and neurotransmitters. And over the next 2 billion or so years, that bacteria evolved to be the mitochondria that power nearly every cell in the human body. These capsule-shaped organelles don’t just turn oxygen and nutrients into chemical energy.
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