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New discovery showed mitochondria found living in the blood

Mitochondria living in the blood definitely has some functions, further research needed to discover

27-Jan-2020

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Sometimes mitochondria are found outside the cells, but only in the context of debris within platelets.

Person’s blood plasma could contain up to 50,000 times more mitochondrial DNA than regular DNA.

Those mitochondria are intact and fully functional in the blood plasma.

Oxygen consumption analysis revealed that these mitochondria are respiratory competent.

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