The UK's pioneering licensed IVF technique to reduce the risk of mitochondrial diseases carried out in Newcastle has seen ...

The UK has become the first country in the world to confirm the births of eight babies born as a result of Mitochondrial ...

A scientific breakthrough in the UK has issued hopes that it could prevent the devastating and fatal condition which is ...

The designation is supported by data from an open-label, phase 2a study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04475549) that evaluated the safety and tolerability of zagociguat in adults with MELAS ...

Faults in our mitochondrial DNA can affect how well the mitochondria operate, leading to mitochondrial diseases, serious and often fatal conditions that affect around 1 in 5,000 people. The ...

Researchers found that altered B cell function in children with mitochondrial disorders led to a weaker and less diverse antibody response to viral infections. Researchers analyzed gene activity ...

The resulting mitochondrial deletion disorders, known as SLSMDs, usually manifest during the second decade of a child’s life as progressive, multisystem failures including hearing and vision ...

That’s why it’s counterintuitive to think low oxygen could be a therapy for chronic conditions ranging from mitochondrial diseases and autoimmune disorders to Parkinson’s and even aging.