Show Notes
This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 95.
Song title: Borrowed Fire
Original Base by Base episode: 95: Mitochondria transfer: biotech strategies and clinical hurdles
Article metadata:
Article title: Biotechnological approaches and therapeutic potential of mitochondria transfer and transplantation
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61239-6
Reference: Kubat GB, Picone P, Tuncay E, et al. Biotechnological approaches and therapeutic potential of mitochondria transfer and transplantation. Nature Communications. 2025;16:5709. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-61239-6
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Two hours on the bench, then the spark can fade
Cold spin, clean split, keep the power from decay
In a glass-lit midnight, we’re chasing what was lost
A tiny engine humming at a human cost
Pre-Chorus
Will it dock or disappear in acid rain?
Will it wire in, or break apart in vain?
So we dress it up in molecules that guide
Give it armor, give it a ride
Chorus
Send the borrowed fire, let it light the dark
Get it past the gates, let it find the heart
If it fuses, we rise—if it falls, we learn
Hold that rhythm steady till the circuits return
Verse 2
Pep-1 on the surface, TAT in the chain
Dextran on the edges, whispering a name
Vesicles like lifeboats through the calcium storm
Lipids like a hallway, keeping function warm
Bridge
But the body asks questions, alarms in the blood
Targets hard to reach in the stubborn flood
Scale it clean, make it safe, make it real
From the lab to the living—prove what we can heal
Final Chorus
Send the borrowed fire, let it light the dark
Coat it, cage it, steer it—straight to the spark
Through the ward-room silence, through the sleepless nights
We don’t just move power—we return the lights
