https://www.nature.com/articles/bjc2017201I did not know this, and it is fascinating that these internal "bacteria" can move from one cell to another. A far cry from the static model of the cell I learned as a cell biology student.
#science #HPBio 
Mitochondria on the move: emerging paradigms of organelle trafficking in tumour plasticity and metastasis - British Journal of Cancer
There is now a resurgent interest in the role of mitochondria in cancer. Long considered controversial or outright unimportant, mitochondrial biology is now increasingly recognised as an important tumour driver. The underlying mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated. But recent studies have uncovered a complex landscape where reprogramming of mitochondrial homoeostasis, including organelle dynamics, metabolic output, apoptosis control and redox status converge to promote tumour adaptation to an unfavourable microenvironment and inject new traits of aggressive disease. In particular, mechanisms of subcellular mitochondrial trafficking have unexpectedly emerged as central regulators of metastatic competence in disparate tumours. Some of these pathways are druggable, opening fresh therapeutic opportunities for advanced and disseminated disease.
Black Women and Target, a Tainted Love Story. Part two: Dear Tanisha...
Some relationships are not meant to last…
'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.
This is so cool, and makes me thing of Lynn Margulis claims that cell fusion, symbiosis are at the heart of speciation. #wildlife #evodevo #evolbiol #combjellies
https://www.popsci.com/environment/comb-jellies-fuse-together/
Two comb jellies can fuse together into one–and keep both butts
They heal. They poop. They live on.
From Hether Richardson this morning "And once in a great while, someone will light a lantern—or even two—that will shine forth for democratic principles that are under siege, and set the world ablaze."
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-18-2025?r=1smcrn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
April 18, 2025
Tonight I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking at the anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church, which happened 250 years ago tonight.
Crisis to Care: 5 Charts on Black Maternal Health Progress
It's Black Maternal Health Week. Here's five areas the U.S. health system is improving in its care for Black birthing people.
Psychological Assn. Pauses Diversity in Recruitment Requirements
American Psychological Association bows to political pressure and suspends DEI requirements for postgraduate programs.
