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Mitochondrial diseases: A mysterious, and often deadly, set of disorders that have no known cure.

Experts have long been searching for a way to effectively treat these complex conditions – and now, new research points to a potential drug target that can rescue cells suffering from mitochondrial dysfunction.

These findings could possibly lead to new therapies for a disease that is nearly untreatable.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/03/27/researchers-find-new-drug-target-for-treating-mitochondrial-disease/

http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/abstract/S2211-12...00162-4

Last Modified: Saturday 01 August 2015 20:14
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