Scientists are designing a new type of drug that mimics the physiological benefits of breathing in thin 'mountain air'.

Researchers from the Mitochondrial Medicine Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have better characterized a spectrum of what were classically considered discrete mitochondrial DNA ...

For the average person, living at high altitude—where oxygen is sparser than at sea level—can have health benefits ranging ...

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have developed a drug that mimics the effects of breathing low oxygen. In mice with Leigh ...

Diagnosed with a mitochondrial disease (Leigh Syndrome) in 2014 with other diagnoses to follow, Alexis, 15, has had to adjust to a reality unfamiliar to most peers – using a wheelchair to get around, ...

The market for MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) syndrome is growing as awareness of rare mitochondrial diseases rises ... of 5.49% during 2024-2034.

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open image in gallery Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon (centre), alongside past ‘Celebrity Juice’ team captains Holly Willoughby (left) and Fearne Cotton (right) (ITV/Shutterstock) He explained ...