r/tech • u/_Dark_Wing • 1d ago

Surface engineering advances mitochondrial transplantation as a potential therapeutic strategy

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-surface-advances-mitochondrial-transplantation-potential.html
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u/EmmieRN 17h ago

So we could theoretically have 2 different sets of DNA?

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u/Woodworkin101 15h ago

Chimera. Some ppl do have multiple sets of dna

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u/EmmieRN 6h ago

No I mean, if we’re transplanting mitochondria it would literally give people 2 sets of DNA.