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One of our MMS officers, Dr. Marni Falk, just did a podcast with Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News on mitochondrial disease and her PLoS ONE paper on C. elegans and complex I. To listen, click here.
A modern approach to mitochondrial treatment (click on the title to go to the article). A new MMS article for physicians now available in the journal Current Treatment Options in Neurology
Dr. Russ Saneto, one of our MMS officers, along with Dr. Salvatore DiMauro and the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, were granted an NIH challenge grant to establish the infrastructure to create a mitochondrial disease patient registry, biorepository, and a North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC). OVer 10 centers aross the country will participate with many represented by MMS officers.
Older news
Mito 101 A diagnosis and treatment handbook for physicians and patients is now available online at the UMDF’s website. This is a collaborative project that was edited by MMS member Dr. Sumit Parikh and Salvatore DiMauro, and includes many MMS members serving as coauthors. The table of contents is available here
The 1st MMS Workshop on Mitochondrial Disease Diagnosis and Treatment was held at the 2008 annual Child Neurology Society meeting in Santa Clara, CA.
The Diagnosis Committee’s In-Depth Evaluation of Suspected Mitochondrial Disease, in May’s Molecular Genetics & Metabolism
The MMS supports the NIH in creating a Mitochondrial Roadmap Initiative.
The debut of the Diagnosis Committee’s journal article on Mitochondrial Disease with a Practical Approach for Primary Care Physicians in December’s Pediatrics
