Can our cells heal each other?

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2536, 2006, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Healthy cells seem to have shown an amazing ability to breathe new life into damaged ones by rejuvenating their defunct mitochondria. It is an extraordinary and controversial claim. But if confirmed it could offer a way to prevent a range of harrowing metabolic diseases that affect millions of people. Here, Coghlan discusses the medical implications in mitochondrial research.