Certain MELAS Patients Have Higher Fear of Disease Progression, Study Shows

More than one-fifth of patients who are carriers of the m.3243A>G mutation, one of the most common genetic variants linked to MELAS spectrum disorder, have a significantly higher fear of disease progression, a study shows. Recognizing this fear as a limiting psychological symptom with real implications in a person’s…

Mitochondrial Treatment Seen to Lower Anxiety in Mice

One-third of patients with anxiety disorders do not respond to currently available treatments, but researchers may have found a new way to help. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany, reported that targeting the mitochondria appears to increase the effectiveness of anxiolytic treatments. Their report, titled…