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can human mitochondria survive outside of human cells?
For example, if you were to transplant them into a food rich culture.
I also wonder if mitichondria from one species might work just as well in another
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
they can survive and work in vitro if they're provided with oxygen and glutamate etc.
thats a good question, i always just assumed that one mitochondria would work at the same rate as a mitochondria from another species but i suppose it depends on the levels of oxygen maybe? i dunno just guessing that part
- FranklinLv 71 decade ago
Pandora is correct, they can. You can do all kinds of "in vitro" experiments with mitochondria you isolate from cells. They will stop functioning after a while though...
- 1 decade ago
Not naturally, but if they are encouraged (like the others said via 'in vitro'), they will survive!