This is the most scifi-ass headline I've seen today

Love everything about this

"The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" we are SO back

French and Canadian researchers have shown that faulty mitochondria directly drive memory loss in dementia. Using a new tool to boost mitochondrial activity in mice, they restored memory performance, proving cause and effect for the first time. buff.ly/2REM0fd #ShareGoodNewsToo

Scientists have discovered a direct cause-and-effect link between faulty mitochondria and the memory loss seen in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a novel tool to boost mitochondrial activity…

Scientists reversed memory loss by powering the brain’s tiny engines

Scientists have discovered a direct cause-and-effect link between faulty mitochondria and the memory loss seen in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a novel tool to boost mitochondrial activity…

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  1. the article buries the lede here, because the best part of this experiment is that they called the drug they invented for it "mitoDREADD-Gs"

    that is some anime-ass Umbrella Corp shit right there

    www.nature.com/articles/s41...

    Activation of Gs signaling at mitochondria by mitoDREADD-Gs increases mitochondrial metabolism, leading to better memory in mouse models of dementia, directly linking brain mitochondrial deficits to c...

    Potentiation of mitochondrial function by mitoDREADD-Gs reverses pharmacological and neurodegenerative cognitive impairment in mice - Nature Neuroscience

    Activation of Gs signaling at mitochondria by mitoDREADD-Gs increases mitochondrial metabolism, leading to better memory in mouse models of dementia, directly linking brain mitochondrial deficits to c...

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  2. "No wonder your brain is acting weird; your battery is down to like one bar and your brain went into low-power mode. Here, let's just give you a charge and you'll be right as rain."

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  3. Ok yes I even read some of the study and missed this this is super important bsky.app/profile/anni...

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  4. They didn't say how they actually did it. In previous studies it was found that strobing LED lights at a certain frequency for a few minutes a day reactivated areas of the brain in Alzheimer's patients. There were even VR applications. I wonder if this is connected.

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