Author Archives: Alice Melão

Experimental MitoQ Treatment Fails Prevention of Age-Related Muscle Mass, Function Loss in Mice

Researchers used a long-term treatment approach of MitoQ (mitoquinone mesylate) in aging experimental mice, but the treatment had no beneficial effects on mitochondrial function or on muscle mass and function. The study, “Long-term administration of the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant mitoquinone mesylate fails to attenuate age-related oxidative damage or rescue the loss of…

Proof for Nutritional Interventions in Primary Mitochondrial Disorder Needed

A report from a past workshop promoted by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and geared toward analyzing the use of nutritional interventions — including dietary supplements — in primary mitochondrial disorders (PMD) was recently published. The report, “Nutritional Interventions in Primary Mitochondrial Disorders: Developing…