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> The team cultured BMSCs and T cells together, and after 48 hours found that up to a quarter of the T cells had gained extra mitochondria. The researchers dubb
by Laaas 2y ago
> The team cultured BMSCs and T cells together, and after 48 hours found that up to a quarter of the T cells had gained extra mitochondria. The researchers dubbed these juiced up immune cells Mito+.
What an incredibly simple idea. Just scale it up.
- gorkish 2y agoHow many do you have to have before you can start using the Force?
- tomrod 2y agoA more direct reference, though maybe obscure these days, is _Parasite_ _Eve_
- ImHereToVote 2y ago"The midichlorian is the forcehouse of the cell."
- CoastalCoder 2y ago"Whatever the stupid, lazy writers at Disney needed it to be this week." - The Critical Drinker* * I imagine
- rpmisms 2y agoThat's probably what he would say. The actual minimum to be able to use the force is a 7000 midichlorian count.
- politician 2y agoI thought it was over 9000.
- rpmisms 2y agoWrong franchise
- adamc 2y agoTotally a tangent, but he's right about that. It was a flaw in Harry Potter as well. There was no logical system to how magic worked; spells did whatever plot requirements said they did. And it detracts from the sense of realism in a world when the magic just does whatever is needed at the moment.
- dylan604 2y agoBut. It's. Magic. Magic can do anything. That's why it's magic. How does it work? Magic. It's a perfectly complete circle in logic.
- Aerroon 2y agoWell, magic still needs to follow some kind of rules for it to be usable. Otherwise "magic" would just be something random (or maybe chaotic - we just haven't figured out the rules well enough).
- mrkstu 2y agoOr, you can do the Brandon Sanderson thing, and have a comprehensive system that has limits and a consistent expression of magical power.
- dylan604 2y agobut then it's no longer magic. it now becomes some sort of metaphysical science. magic is magic. once you understand it, it is no longer magic.
- jajko 2y agoSounds like most religions. And most modern folks having issues with religions they were brought up in don't have this as their main issue with it. One addresses child's imagination which just wants to be wowed, the other our eternal fear of unknown and death.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoThe very much NSFW web comic Oglaf had a strip about this. In this rare instance, the comic is SFW, but still be wary. https://www.oglaf.com/claret/ https://www.oglaf.com/claret/
- highwaylights 2y agoLess than you’d think. Not even master Yoda has a mitochondria count that high!