🔬 The World Under a Microscope 05 — Mitochondria

What is this? It’s inside your cells. It has strange folds inside. And it helps your cells produce the energy they need. ● ● ● The answer — a mitochondrion. Mitochondria are tiny structures found inside most human cells. They help convert energy from food into a form that cells can use. Their inner membranes...

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Sep 18, 20261 min read

What is this?

It’s inside your cells.
It has strange folds inside.
And it helps your cells produce the energy they need.

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The answer — a mitochondrion.

Mitochondria are tiny structures found inside most human cells.
They help convert energy from food into a form that cells can use.
Their inner membranes are folded into distinctive structures called cristae.

Interesting fact:

Mitochondria have their own DNA.
Most of your DNA is stored in the cell nucleus,
but mitochondria carry a small amount of genetic material of their own.

But mitochondria have another story.

What if mitochondria could move from one cell to another?

OID original scientific visualization — not a microscope photograph.

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