It's broadly assumed that cells degrade and recycle their own old or damaged organelles. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute have discovered that some neurons transfer unwanted mitochondria - the tiny power plants inside cells - to supporting glial cells called astrocytes for disposal. The findings, published in the June 17 online Early Edition of PNAS, suggest some basic biology may need revising, but they ...
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