INVITED SESSION, SESSION 28: MITOCHONDRIA AND ART, Tuesday 5 July 2011 08:30 – 09:30

摘要

One in 400 people carries pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. These may cause epilepsy, liver failure, cardiomyopathy or sudden death; or, more commonly, milder disorders such as age-related deafness and/or diabetes, and loss of vision. Yet management of mtDNA diseases has lagged far behind the genetics revolution.