next thing you know RFK is going to propose giving your mitochondria viagra to cure autism or some shit

@ariadne FWIW, there's been some interesting research suggesting that some forms of CNS depression, and possibly also some subtypes of CFS may functionally be mitochondrial disorders, and may be partially treatable by clever mitochondrial treatment.

But of course, the likeliest near-future technology that could treat individual mitochondria — and/or increase the number of mitochondria in cells — is kind of necessarily mRNA-based, and RFK visiously hates all uses of mRNA medicine.