news Mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) shown to be safe in monkeys 9 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review) A long-term study of macaques given mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) found that both treated individuals and their offspring were healthy and developed normally.
news Mitochondrial diseases could be treated with gene therapy 24 September 2018 | By Drug Target Review Researchers have developed a genome-editing tool for the potential treatment of mitochondrial diseases...
news ANT1 mutation links bipolar disorder to mitochondrial disease 12 June 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have reported that mitochondrial dysfunction affects the activity of serotonergic neurons in mice with mutations of ANT1...
news Mitochondrial disease can be inherited from healthy parents 15 January 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have shown for the first time how children can inherit a severe -- potentially fatal - mitochondrial disease from a healthy mother...