Stem cells get the flashy headlines but “mitochondrial transplants” are quietly working wonders in studies. An unusual transplant may revive tissues thought to be hopelessly damaged, including the heart and brain.
In animal studies at Boston Children’s Hospital and elsewhere, mitochondrial transplants revived heart muscle that was stunned from a heart attack but not yet dead, and revived injured lungs and kidneys. Infusions of mitochondria also prolonged the time organs could be stored before they were used for transplants, and even ameliorated brain damage that occurred soon after a stroke.
Somehow the organelles will gravitate almost magically to the injured cells that need them and take up residence — so essentially the innate intelligence of the fresh mitochondria takes over. This field works to charge and support your mitochondria in that same way.
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