This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?
This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?
Okay, as a biologist it really upsets me how that phrase is written off. I did an impromptu half hour lecture for my wife about how significant “the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell” is,
The mitochondria is what ties everything on this planet together, it’s the one thing that ties all life together, it is the exact same mechanism in plants as it is in animals, it takes the same ingredients and does the same function, and comes from the same origin.
There is no chain in our DNA that codes for the mitochondria, it exists outside of our DNA, it has no relationship with our DNA, it only fuels reading DNA and it’s decoding and replication, but it isn’t included in our genetics. It replicates itself, it exists as a separate entity, and it acts as the functioning unit for all energy within the cell.
It would be like if when a child was born their lungs were provided by an outside source and had the same genetic material as everyone else’s lungs. Oh and puppy lungs, and crab lungs, and avocado lungs, and grass lungs, every single living thing on this plant has the same lung genetic material. And it has no clue that it serves this function, all it knows is ADP goes in, ATP goes out, and ATP is energy that fuels all function of all life.
And it comes from the friggin mitochondria.
Please be impressed with that little hitch hiker, it is the powerhouse that powers your neurons, grows the vegetables you eat, and makes life happen on earth.
How will we know something extraterrestrial comes our way? They’ll have their own mitochondria, because something needs to power their cells, and it won’t be the same as ours.
Writing off the mitochondria from biology is like writing off the exchange of goods in economics, or doing physics without the concept of mass, or art without feeling. There is nothing more basic, more fundamentally important to biology than the existence of the mitochondria, and it’s role as the powerhouse of the cell.
MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL. That you know that makes me happy.
This is prokaryote erasure.
New writing prompt, aliens show up and they are wildly different from us but they and all life on their planet also use the exact same mitochondria as us.
My mitochondria are retarded, do you have any advice? I have the mitochondrial dna sequenced in cram format if that’s useful. Low heteroplasmy, very low mitochondria number per cell (0th percentile), and poor energy production.
Try High Intensity Interval Training. Really intensive short workouts of a few minutes seem to regenerate mitochondria.
Do you have a source I can follow
There are a number of articles and these are a couple.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2123825-best-anti-ageing-exercise-is-high-intensity-interval-training/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg99999441-500-the-power-of-hiit/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents
Very interesting, wonder how this compares to just exercising
From what I’ve read it is claimed to regenerate mitochondria, be quite quick to do so you save time but other forms of exercise achieve different results like burning fat, cardio etc.
Wonder if you need good mitochondria to put on fat? I can only put on muscle
It’s more about metabolic health rather than weight loss or gain. Mitochondria are the powerhouse of cellular biology and not having enough or poorly functioning mitochondria leads to all sorts of problems like inflammation and metabolic disorders like diabetes. A well functioning mitochondria should give more energy and better performance as well as better health.
Did your lecture get you laid?
Are you kidding, I’m married.