Mitochondrial Medicine Program News

Children with mitochondrial diseases who suffered acute metabolic strokes benefited from rapid IV treatment with the amino acid arginine, with no side effects.

Lacking effective drug treatments, patients with mitochondrial disease may use many vitamins and supplements — most of which are unregulated and untested.

Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease have a practical new tool: the first published care standards to guide clinical care.

Mitochondria, your cells’ power engines, could pay a key role in the development of autism spectrum disorder.

CHOP’s Douglas Wallace, a world-renowned pioneer in mitochondrial biology, received the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science at the Franklin Institute.

Dr. Wallace, a world expert in mitochondrial medicine, has joined the Italian Academy of Sciences. Other members of the Academy have included Einstein and Franklin.

Mitchondria, the tiny structures that are power plants of our cells, may have helped humans and other mammals adapt and evolve over the eons.

Using lithium and other drugs in cell and animal models, CHOP researchers may have broken a logjam in devising effective treatments for mitochondrial diseases.

Subtle changes in mitochondria, our cells’ power plants, may trigger a broad range of common diseases, says a pioneering CHOP scientist.