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Mitochondria
In Our Time: Science
The Role of Mitochondria in Energy Production
Mitochondria play many other roles in cells of autumn energy production. Many, in fact, and we've become almost blinded to some of them by fascination with the energy side. In diseases like cancer they start to behave almost like those early bacteria that sometimes the Krebs cycle starts going in reverse. It's much more ambiguous than simply their providing energy. They're also providing the building blocks for growth and it's become very important in medicine now. The cell would rather die if it's virally infected or it's become cancerous. You want the cell to die cleanly and go away. Mitochondria turn out to be central for that. They release some components which activates a very
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