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Stealth BioTherapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company committed to developing mitochondrial therapies to treat both common and rare diseases, recently announced data from its ReVIEW clinical trial of Ocuvia in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). The data was recently presented during Stealth’s second Mitochondrial Science and Medicine Series symposium, which took place in…

A study recently published in the journal Frontiers in Genetics reported on a case report of a man with a new mitochondrial disease associated with the desmin (DES) gene. The study is entitled “Desmin common mutation is associated with multi-systemic disease manifestations and depletion of mitochondria…

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)…

In a recent study published in the journal European Journal of Human Genetics, a team of researchers from Germany provide additional insights into the clinical and cellular consequences of COQ9 deficiency in prenatal development. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a lipid-soluble, naturally occurring enzyme that is a key…

Researchers at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom recently published in the journal Scientific Reports a new technique to determine genetic deletions in mitochondrial DNA that are relevant in the context of mitochondria-related diseases. The study is entitled “Triplex real-time PCR – an…

The fundraising event Hope Flies for Friends was recently held for the third time in Jacksonville, raising over $10,000 to help the Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine and honor the local residents Lauren Quinn, Caroline Sacco and Stacy Young. The annual event included a wine tasting and included Dr. Wolfdieter Springer, whose research is being supported by the…

In a recent study entitled “Statin-Induced Increases in Atrophy Gene Expression Occur Independently of Changes in PGC1α Protein and Mitochondrial Content,” researchers studied how statin drugs, the most common prescribed treatment for coronary diseases, impact on skeletal muscle fibers. The team found a significant increase in muscle…

Stealth BioTherapeutics has released encouraging results regarding their PREVIEW study, which demonstrated the capability of the investigational drug Bendavia to improve cardiac function. The research outcomes were presented during a symposium focused on the contribution of mitochondria for chronic heart failure, which took place at the European…

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS PLUS, a team of researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS, in partnership with researchers from the Institut Gustave Roussy and CEA, were able to restore normal activity in cells from patients with the premature aging disease Cockayne…

Researchers at the University Hospital Münster and the Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus in Germany recently revealed that patients with different mitochondrial myopathies can exhibit different disease related cardiac phenotypes. The study was recently published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and is entitled “Characteristic…