{"id":130621,"date":"2021-11-14T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/scientists-create-artificial-mitochondria-that-can-make-energy-for-damaged-cells"},"modified":"2021-11-14T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T02:24:00","slug":"scientists-create-artificial-mitochondria-that-can-make-energy-for-damaged-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/scientists-create-artificial-mitochondria-that-can-make-energy-for-damaged-cells","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Create Artificial Mitochondria That Can Make Energy for Damaged Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-create-artificial-mitochondria-that-can-make-energy-for-damaged-cells2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it can be hacked.<\/p>\n<p>The authors of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41929-021-00669-z\"> new study<\/a> in <i>Nature Catalysis<\/i> reprogrammed these blobs\u2014called exosomes\u2014into an army of living nanobioreactors. It\u2019s a seemingly simple process of mix and match: each blob is filled with a different chemical that\u2019s involved in a biological reaction. By bringing two together, the blobs merge into a single squishy container, allowing the two chemicals to react.<\/p>\n<p>The results were explosive. The tiny bioreactors pumped out energy molecules, called ATP, inside living cells. The burst of energy saved injured cells, providing them with a boost of power to fight back against dangerous molecules that otherwise lead to cell death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And it can be hacked. The authors of a new study in Nature Catalysis reprogrammed these blobs\u2014called exosomes\u2014into an army of living nanobioreactors. It\u2019s a seemingly simple process of mix and match: each blob is filled with a different chemical that\u2019s involved in a biological reaction. By bringing two together, the blobs merge into a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-cybercrime-malcode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}