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

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138 points pmags | 2 comments | 09 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.434s | source
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pfdietz ◴[10 Apr 25 16:01 UTC] No.43645260[source]▶
This could be a mechanism for future intracellular repair. Build little repair robots that look like mitochondria, have them insert into cells, do their magic, then leave.
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1. roman_soldier ◴[10 Apr 25 16:23 UTC] No.43645482[source]▶
"do their magic" seems like it's hiding a lot of complexity.
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2. pfdietz ◴[10 Apr 25 16:28 UTC] No.43645525[source]▶
Very much so.