线粒体的社交生活

When these energy- giving organelles thrive, so does our disease protection BY MARTIN PICARD | ILLUSTRATIONS BY JENNIFER N. R. SMITH I ALWAYS WANTED TO UNDERSTAND LIFE. What moves us? What allows us to heal and thrive? And what goes wrong when we get sick or when we eventually stop breathing and die? My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within each cell and serve as “powerhouses,” combining oxygen and food to yield energy for the body. …