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A new study led by researchers at Ewha Womans University in Korea recently revealed that the consumption of rutin can improve obesity in rats through a positive effect on mitochondrial function in the skeletal muscle. The study was published in the journal Nutrients and is entitled “…

A new study led by researchers at McGill University in Canada recently revealed that peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage) is associated with a mitochondrial dysfunction and a bioenergetic impairment. The study was published in the journal Molecular Pain and is entitled “Mitochondrial and bioenergetic…

Research efforts behind finding better solutions to mitochondrial diseases are receiving a boost with the newly founded Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The program was formed by a collaborative partnership between The Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine (FMM), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Seahorse…

The MitoCanada Foundation, the first registered Canadian charity focused on awareness, support and the search for a mitochondrial disease cure, recently announced a national research project with the goal of improving early detection and treatment of medical conditions linked to mitochondria, vital small organelles within cells where the energy…

A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas recently revealed that a gene called COUP-TFII can promote mitochondrial dysfunction and ultimately lead to cardiomyopathy and heart failure. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications and is entitled “…

In a recent study entitled “SPG7 Is an Essential and Conserved Component of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore”, scientists discovered that the protein SPG7 is the core component of the permeability transition pore (PTP), a structure located in mitochondria membranes, and that it plays a key role…

A recently published study by a team of researchers at the Gladstone Institutes, titled “The Role of Mitochondrially Derived ATP in Synaptic Vesicle Recycling“, is the first piece of evidence detailing how abnormalities in cell mitochondria can significantly reduce cellular energy and lead to dysfunctional brain cells.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company devoted to the investigation and commercialization of medicines for treating mitochondria and neuromuscular diseases, recently announced that the European Commission granted Raxone® a market authorization in the European Union as the first medicine for the treatment of visual impairment in adolescent and adult patients…

The American Physiological Society (APS) recently announced a presentation by Dr. Yang Chen from Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences at the 2015 APS Conference: Physiological Bionergetics: From Bench to Bedside. The presentation was entitled “Mitochondrial DNA is damaged in military veterans with fatiguing conditions” and focused on the…

Researchers may have finally confirmed the widely-held theory that there is a correlation between drinking alcohol and a higher risk of developing mitochondrial disease. New insights reveal that chronic drinking causes damage to the mitochondria, and consequently the liver, due to the effects of alcohol on the liver’s circadian clock.