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Plant-cell machinery for making metabolites transferred to mammalian cells

Supplies of the crucial molecules ATP and NADPH are lacking in many human diseases, but restoring them requires tight control. Using light-powered thylakoid structures from plants to carefully deliver these molecules to the joints of arthritic mice slowed degeneration.

This is a summary of: Chen, P. et al. A plant-derived natural photosynthetic system for improving cell anabolism. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05499-y (2022).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03629-0

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