mitochondrial diseases

New blood test screens for thousands of rare inherited diseases at once

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ST. PAUL, Minn., May 25 (UPI) — A new rapid blood test for newborns could potentially detect genetic mutations linked to thousands of rare diseases all at once, greatly improving on current inefficient detection methods, according to a study to be presented Monday. The new test developed by Australian scientists has proven highly accurate in … Read more

Dysfunctional Mitochondria Trigger Retrograde Signaling that Impairs Pancreatic β-Cells

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Mitochondrial defects are associated with the development of diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies in mice and in human tissues, by researchers at the University of Michigan, have now found that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of pancreatic β-cells. They found that in T2D dysfunctional mitochondrial quality … Read more