Mitochondrial Disease
Numerous health problems, including neurological and muscular degeneration, cardiomyopathies, cancer, diabetes, and pathologies of aging can arise from mitochondrial dysfunction. Disorders such as Leigh syndrome, MELAS, NARP Syndrome and Freidrich’s Ataxia have been associated with mitochondrial defects. Severe mitochondrial defects can result in childhood disorders such as Leigh syndrome, for which there are no effective therapies and are often fatal.
