LorenDonovan
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Um... really?
Inside every living cell, internal structures are continuously moving about. Under a microscope, organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, transport vesicles, or even external flagella wobble and twitch. This may happen spontaneously as these tiny structures are passively jostled inside a cell. But that's not necessarily all there is to it. Often a cell invests extra energy into these motions to enhance cell functions in ways we don't yet understand.
Source - user link on phys.org
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Miroku
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Sometimes the mitochondria get fed up with their host and decide to make people spontaneously combust and transform nearby animals into vicious monsters. For some reason, they especially like opera singers.
Parasite Eve.
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vega7285
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Parasite Eve was an interesting couple games.
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