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star wars - Are Midi-chlorians able to be infused or transplanted?


The more questions about the Force I read in here, the more Midi-chlorian count is used as a reference. As I understood, Midi-chlorians are the measurement for the Force power level of one user.


As I remember, they are microscopic life-forms in the red blood cells that talk spiritually to the user.


This then leads me to a question, if it is possible to give someone else an infuse of blood with Midi-chlorians. That then leads me to another questions. What happens if you use Force blood to rescue someone without it? Do already-infused get stronger? As I only know the films and very few other cannon material (games), I have to ask you:


Are Midi-chlorians able to be infused to another body and do they have an impact to that another being?




Answer



TL;DR: They are able to be transfused, but not in enough amount to affect Force Sensitivity and not permanently.



Midi-chlorians aren't contained in the blood per se (blood was merely used to TEST for the Midi-chlorian density as the easiest body part to test).


Midi-chlorians are part of ALL living cells in the organism (including blood).


While that is supported in canon, it also has support outside canon - the inspiration for Midi-chlorians were of course the Mitochondria:



Mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) is a membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic cells



As such:





  • Most Midi-chlorians in Jedi body are NOT found in the blood (which contain a very small portion of body's cells (20% according to this Biology.SE answer)




  • Thus, giving someone else an infusion of Midi-chlorian-rich blood will only raise their Midi-chlorian count by relatively low amount compared to count of Midi-chlorians in a Jedi body.




  • Since Force Sensitivity is determined by total Midi-chlorian body count, you can't become a real Force-sensitive by merely transfusing yourself with Jedi blood.





  • Moreover, as far as I'm aware, the blood cells constantly die and are replenished with new ones[biology.SE citation needed]. This means that as time from transfusion goes on, there will be less and less Midi-chlorian rich cells in your blood, further reducing even the miniscule amount you got from transfusion.




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