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by NeuroCoder 997 days ago
Mitochondria are at the center of a lot of key processes in general. They play an important role in regulating cell death and free radicals in the body. They also play a role that is still being studied in what membrane receptors are transported to the surface in neurons.

There's a lot that intersects at the mitochondria making it common across many pathogenesis and a very delicate system to interfere with (not ideal for intervention)

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Crazy how important mitochondria are when you consider the evolutionary history.

Just so, so, so unlikely to happen to my small mind and stunning how far multicellular life has come with this symbiosis.