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  Patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic mitochondrial disease that leads to vision loss, show sustained improvement in a follow-up to a Phase 1/2 clinical trial with GenSight Biologics’ therapy candidate GS010. Patients recruited to the study had been diagnosed with LHON for approximately six years.

The United Kingdom is the first country to approve “three-parent” fertility treatments after receiving a nod from regulatory authorities, a decision that is likely to allow women in the UK with mitochondrial disease to have a healthy baby. Lawmakers in the UK had voted earlier this year to allow the…

CohBar recently announced the discovery of a series of new biologically active peptides in the mitochondrial genome — mutations in which can cause mitochondrial disease — and the filing of 29 additional related provisional patent applications. The new applications apply not only to the new peptides but also to analogs that are built…

For women with mitochondrial disease living in the U.K., having a healthy baby is about to become a reality, as the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is expected to endorse recent recommendations from scientists to approve mitochondrial replacement therapy. Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that scientists at Newcastle…

Moumita Das, a theoretical physicist and assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded funding totaling $112,000 for her groundbreaking work on mitochondrial DNA and on the movement of vesicles and substances between cells (intercellular cargo transport).

Mitochondria play key roles in the processes that can lead to neurodegeneration and diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, a review of published studies into mitochondria-associated neurodegeneration found. The review also suggested that mitochondria are a therapeutic target worth investigating. Details of these findings, “Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Biogenesis in Neurodegenerative…

Aerobic exercise helped to restore mitochondrial health in aging mice, which worked to make their  blood vessels more supple and resilient, a new study reported. The study, “Voluntary aerobic exercise increases arterial resilience and mitochondrial health with aging in mice,” was recently published in the journal Aging. Defects in…

Sport equipment manufacturers Russell Athletic has named Huntington High School in New York state as its 2016 “Fight Like Dylan Award” award recipient. Now in its sixth year, the annual award honors high school sports teams that have used inspiration to achieve success through teamwork in the face of…

Researchers have conducted a thorough review that highlights several heart diseases associated with mitochondrial disease (MD), as well as the clinical features of cardiac MD and current therapies to manage the condition. The study, “Mitochondrial Disease And The Heart” and published in the journal Heart , was conducted…

Mutations in a protein called Tmem135 leads to disrupted mitochondrial activity and accelerates the progression of visual deficiencies, according to a new study. The paper, “Mouse Tmem135 Mutation Reveals A Mechanism Involving Mitochondrial Dynamics Leading To Age-Dependent Retinal Pathologies,” was published in the journal eLife. “Age-related macular degeneration…