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Study reveals mitochondrial disease costs nation $8.6 billion annually (Macquarie University)

Public Technologies 05 Aug 2025
A groundbreaking Australian study has revealed that mitochondrial disease, which affects approximately 1 in 250 Australians, places an enormous financial burden on impacted families, rather than the healthcare system ... About Mitochondrial Disease..
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Beyond classic stress signalling: how mitochondrial stress softens the cell nucleus and alters cellular identity (Universität zu Köln)

Public Technologies 04 Aug 2025
how mitochondrial stress softens the cell nucleus and alters cellular identity ... A University of Cologne research team has discovered that cells in high-energy-demanding tissues respond to mitochondrial dysfunction in a surprising way.
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Cell type–specific purifying selection of synonymous mitochondrial DNA variation

PNAS 24 Jul 2025
Mechanistically, we implicate the limited mitochondrial tRNA pool to ...
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Chemical breakthrough shields mitochondrial DNA before damage triggers chronic disease

Interesting Engineering 21 Jul 2025
From Alzheimer’s to heart failure, many chronic diseases have been linked to damage in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) ... The project builds on over two years of research into the cellular processes that regulate mitochondrial DNA.
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New molecule shields mitochondrial DNA from stress-induced degradation

Phys Dot Org 21 Jul 2025
The study, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, focused on mitochondrial DNA, which is separate from the DNA housed in a cell's nucleus ... Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exists in multiple ...
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The Guardian view on mitochondrial donation: IVF innovation leads to a cautious genetic triumph | Editorial

The Guardian 20 Jul 2025
Ten years ago, when the government and regulators were considering whether to allow mitochondrial transfer technology, critics warned of “Frankenstein meddling” that would lead to three-parent children.
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The Guardian view on mitochondrial donation: IVF innovation leads to a cautious genetic triumph

The Observer 20 Jul 2025
Ten years ago, when the government and regulators were considering whether to allow mitochondrial transfer technology, critics warned of “Frankenstein meddling” that would lead to three-parent children.
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Three-Person Mitochondrial IVF Leads to Eight Healthy Births

Scientific American 18 Jul 2025
Long-awaited results of a three-person IVF technique suggest that mitochondrial donation can prevent babies from inheriting diseases caused by mutant mitochondria ... .
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NEW STUDY: Sunlight Penetrates the Human Body, Improving Mitochondrial Function and Vision

Principia Scientific 18 Jul 2025
... in the infrared range (830–860 nm)—can penetrate the human body and improve mitochondrial function systemically.
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What is mitochondrial donation and why is it called 'three-person IVF'?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 Jul 2025
Researchers in the United Kingdom have announced the successful birth of eight babies after a clinical trial of an IVF technique known as mitochondrial donation ... .
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Mitochondrial donation: ‘Breakthroughs are possible when policy keeps pace with science’ (Wellcome Trust Ltd)

Public Technologies 17 Jul 2025
) 17 July 20254-minute read Listen to this article Mitochondrial donation ... This is an abstract of the document ... Disclaimer ... (noodl.
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8 Children Have Been Born With 3 Biological Parents Each After Mitochondrial Transfer

IFL Science 17 Jul 2025
A technique to allow women who carry diseases in their mitochondrial DNA to have healthy children has been performed successfully eight times since being legalized, two papers have announced ... Mitochondrial donation IVF made that possible.
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‘We’d never heard of it’: a woman tells of daughter’s death from mitochondrial disease

The Guardian 16 Jul 2025
Liz Curtis describes how the loss of Lily drove her to set up a foundation that funded a gene test for the condition. Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people ... ....
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