organelles

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1. Parts of a cell that store food, discharge waste, produce energy, or perform other functions analogous to what organs do in large living things.

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organelles

They have much more complicated cells featuring a nucleus and other specialized structures such as organelles which perform specific jobs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

To do this, the lab studies how cells organize their internal structures, known as organelles, and how changes in those structures influence cellular performance, metabolism, and disease risk.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 2026

It would mark the first time synthetic vaults have been injected into humans, and perhaps the beginning of a new turn in the spotlight for these mysterious organelles.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024

In addition, reduced ergosterol levels also trigger a second "self-destruct" pathway, which causes the cell to "self-eat" its own nuclei and other vital organelles -- a process known as macroautophagy.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024

It is a good thing for the entire enterprise that mitochondria and chloroplasts have remained small, conservative, and stable, since these two organelles are, in a fundamental sense, the most important living things on earth.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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