In a first, children with rare genetic diseases get mitochondrial transplants from their mothers
STAT News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
At a far distant point in Earth’s ancient past, two separate, single-celled life forms — an archaeon and a bacteria — became one in an act either of symbiosis or enslavement, depending on which microbiologist you ask. These capsule-shaped organelles don’t just turn oxygen and nutrients into chemical energy.
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