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Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mean for our health?

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138 points pmags | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ajb ◴[09 Apr 25 06:58 UTC] No.43629532[source]▶
Fascinating. I wonder if there will soon be a way to culture your mitochondria externally in order to give you extra, maybe it could help with diseases like chronic fatigue.
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perrygeo ◴[09 Apr 25 21:01 UTC] No.43637949[source]▶
Mitochondria doping! People are already thinking how to use it for sports performance. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/14/new-doping-trick...

Beyond athletic performance and chronic fatigue, some neurologists and psychiatrists have recently suggested that every mental disorder (literally, the entire DSM) has a single underlying cause: mitochondrial dysfunction. If that's true, mitochondria transplants could solve the mental health crisis.

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JPLeRouzic ◴[10 Apr 25 08:00 UTC] No.43641726[source]▶
Why transplant? Mitochondria are constantly fusing and fissioning. Wouldn't it be better to provide mitochondria with a more comfortable environment to ensure they fission?
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1. TheCraiggers ◴[10 Apr 25 12:53 UTC] No.43643286[source]▶
Off the top of my head, I would imagine transplanting gives more control over the end result.