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VIRAL ORIGIN OF OUR NUCLEUS. It is thought, although hotly debated, that the nucleus of eukaryotic nucleus, the very supercomputer of all cells, arose from a DNA virus. What remains of our cells that are not powered and masterminded by microorganisms is vanishingly small. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_eukaryogenesis View in LinkedIn

ORIGIN OF MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS. There is substantial evidence to support the idea that ancient bacteria entered animal and plant cells, and in doing so, became the most important organelle in the cell. Today, they retain enough of their autonomous identity to be seen as clearly distinct, but are intimate symbiotic creatures living with us. https://lnkd.in/eZ33NPk View in LinkedIn

THE REPROGRAMMING OF HOSTS by ancient bacteria is one of the most astonishing facts of biology. These deceptively simple creatures figured out, not once, but twice (mitochondria and chloroplasts), separately, how to completely reprogram host cells. Granted, the process has taken millions of years, but the incredible success of both events makes these bacterial reminants the masters of plants and animals, and thereby, the planet earth. View in LinkedIn

IN PURSUIT OF BUTTERFLIES, by Matthew Oates. Attended the launch of this book by popular TV personality, and dear boyhood friend at the Natural History Museum in London. Between sense of place and passion for the Purple Emperor butterfly, among others, it was a gathering of the best of true British eccentrics besotted with, and devoted to, these lovely creatures for half a century. Magical. https://lnkd.in/em7C47b View in LinkedIn

MITOCHONDRIA-LIKE MACHINES. "The spins of electrons are not only manipulated by magnetic fields, but also by electrical fields. Both exist in mitochondria, and both are powerful. Mitochondria are masters at controlling the spin of electrons to do the amazing things that life can do." http://www.jackkruse.com/tensegrity-9-magnetic-mitochondria-memory-creates-coherence/ View in LinkedIn

PROTON TUNNELING. "Cytochrome c oxidase pumps more than 10(3) protons per second. This is a much higher rate than protons can be supplied to the proton conducting channels of the cytochromes via the bulk diffusion rate that biochemistry believes drives this pump. They are driven by proton tunneling." http://www.jackkruse.com/tensegrity-9-magnetic-mitochondria-memory-creates-coherence/ View in LinkedIn

IT'S ALL ABOUT ELECTRONS. "All food is broken down into electrons that enter electron chain transport. At each cytochrome protons are pushed out of these cytochrome channels." This sort of engine sounds like something we can engineer ourselves. Perhaps. https://lnkd.in/eqUST_2 View in LinkedIn

CELLULAR POWERHOUSES LIKE ELECTRICAL DEVICES. "Mitochondria have a lot in common with electrical devices that use electricity and magnetic fields to generate energy. In essence, mitichondria are 'quantized heat pumps' that drives life energy needs. https://lnkd.in/eqUST_2 View in LinkedIn

MITOCHONDRIA CONTROL cellular life and death. "Thus, with a relatively small number of proteins, mitochondria operate as highly specialized cellular sentinels that continuously monitor the conditions of the cell to finely adapt its metabolic activity, to coordinate adaptive responses to stress, and to decide on its final and inexorable fate. Not bad for an intracellular bug." http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/111/9/1198.full View in LinkedIn

MITOCHONDRIA CONTROL cellular life and death. "Thus, with a relatively small number of proteins, mitochondria operate as highly specialized cellular sentinels that continuously monitor the conditions of the cell to finely adapt its metabolic activity, to coordinate adaptive responses to stress, and to decide on its final and inexorable fate. Not bad for an intracellular bug." https://lnkd.in/eVa9pAM View in LinkedIn