Author Archives: Isaura Santos

Fat Intake Through Diet Could Ease Mitochondrial Disease

Researchers have discovered a specific genetic mutation responsible for a mitochondrial disease observed in mice that quickly ages nine month-old specimens that present with osteoporosis, thinning grey hair, infertility, poor hearing, heart problems and lost weight. The mice carry this disease from birth, but researchers have also found that some harness a “secret weapon” that temporarily…

Stealth BioTherapeutics Presents At 2015 United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation National Symposium

Stealth BioTherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical firm advancing drug candidates with the potential to treat mitochondrial dysfunction, recently provided an update on both Bendavia and Ocuvia, and also announced the company’s future clinical plans for its orphan mitochondrial disease program at the 2015 United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF)…

Mitochondrial Medicine 2015 Conference Will Be Held In June

The Mitochondrial Medicine meeting is held annually by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) concerning mitochondrial dysfunction and disease. This year, the meeting will be held in Herndon, VA and will include two sessions: the scientific and clinical meetings will take place between June 17 and 20, 2015, and family sessions will take place between June 19 and 20, 2015. On June…