Thursday, 4 April 2019

New way to tackle mitochondrial disease

Diseases affecting mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, are often caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA. Symptoms of such mitochondrial diseases in mice can be ameliorated by increasing their levels of mitochondrial DNA, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. The study is published in Science Advances and could lead to a novel treatment strategy for such mitochondrial diseases.

* This article was originally published here