Cells have more mini 'organs' than once thought—these rogue organelles challenge biology's fundamentals

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Nov 5, 2024, 12:21 pm84 ptsTrending
Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little "organs" inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example, mitochondria produce energy, lysosomes recycle waste and the nucleus stores DNA. Although each organelle has a…

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