Another meaningful step forward for patients living with POLG disease.     We’re proud to announce that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track designation to PX578, our investigational, first-in-class PO...

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The chief executive officer of LifeArc explains what we need to do to turn discovery science into patient benefit and why the UK has the potential to position itself as a market leader for rare diseas...

Abstract. Variants in the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes are linked to a wide range of human disorders marked by impaired mitochondrial function. Among

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has invested £50 million into the study of mitochondrial diseases to improve treatments.

Your guide to the rare disease research ecosystem in the UK Raremap has been created to help you find out more about the organisations in the UK rare disease ecosystem, what they do and how they inter...

Your guide to the rare disease research ecosystem in the UK Raremap has been created to help you find out more about the organisations in the UK rare disease ecosystem, what they do and how they interact with each other. Categories of organisations, groups and networks There are many different groups and organisations all involved […]

From Sam Barrell, CEO of LifeArc, London WC1H, UK

The University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a talented postdoctoral research associate in bioinformatics and computational biology to join a team of clinical, laboratory and computational scientists...

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The University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a talented and ambitious laboratory postdoctoral research associate to join the research groups of Prof Patrick Chinnery, Prof Rita Horvath and Dr Jelle v...

The Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MRC MBU), University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a post-doctoral Research Associate to join the research group of Prof. Michal Minczuk at th...

Learn how The Lily Foundation is driving progress in mitochondrial disease research through patient registries and more.

Chandrasegaram et al. directly visualize mitochondrial DNA inside intact cells and tissues and reveal how genetic cell-to-cell variability arises during development. They show that somatic bottlenecks...

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The London Mitochondrial Centre is hosting a one-day symposium.

Why does diagnosis take so long?