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Our MELAS Story “Our MELAS Story” is a video series designed to showcase the burden of living with MELAS, with hopes of helping the...

What is MEPAN? Mitochondrial Enoyl CoA Reductase Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (MEPAN) is a rare mitochondrial disease that affects the...

What is MERRF? Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged-Red Fiber Disease (MERRF) is a rare, multisystem mitochondrial disease hallmarked commonly by...

What is MIDD? Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) is a subtype of mitochondrial disease that is associated with specific...

What are ARS Disorders (mtARS)? Mitochondrial ARS (Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase) Disorders (mtARS)  are a group of rare genetic conditions caused...

What is Mitochondrial DNA Deletion Disease? See related disease: KSS, CPEO A common form of mitochondrial disease results from absence (or...

What is MNGIE? Mitochondrial neurogastointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is a mitochondrial disease that primarily impacts the digestive and...

What is Neuropathy, Ataxia, and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP)? Neuropathy, Ataxia, and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP) is a rare mitochondrial...

What is PolG? See related: CPEO, Mitochondrial Deletion Syndrome RELATED POST: A Message from UMDF on the Passing of Prince Frederik. Posted...

For more information on the FDA’s decision on dichloroacetate (DCA) for the treatment of the mitochondrial disease Pyruvate Dehydrogenase...