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Meet Jagger

Feb 4, 2020

Editor’s note: Jagger passed away from mitochondrial disease on April 20, 2024, with his family by his side. We turned to UMDF Associate...

Nov 18, 2019

Cole Salerno was just a few days old when his mom, Victoria, felt something was wrong. He wasn’t eating well, he was suffering from GI issues,...

Nov 4, 2019

“UMDF has been a light in our life. They have supported my family in so many ways and have offered so much hope to me and to thousands of mito...

Mar 29, 2019

While Melissa Howell may be a newer UMDF volunteer, she is not new to mitochondrial disease. The Stony Point, North Carolina, mom has two...

Oct 1, 2017

Author Donates Royalties from Book about LHON Patient It was by coincidence that that Traci Medford-Rosow met the subject of her latest book. ...

Aug 23, 2016

Beta-oxidation Defects See LCAD, LCHAD, MAD, MCAD, SCAD, SCHAD, VLCAD Treatment: High carbohydrate-low fat diet, administration of medium-chain...

Aug 23, 2016

Carnitine-Acyl-Carnitine Deficiency Symptoms: Seizures, apnea, bradycardia, vomiting, lethargy, coma, enlarged liver, limb weakness, myoglobin...

Aug 23, 2016

Carnitine Deficiency Symptoms: Seizures, apnea, bradycardia, vomiting, lethargy, coma, enlarged liver, limb weakness, myoglobin in the urine,...

Aug 23, 2020

Aug 24, 2020

Complex III Deficiency Long Name: Ubiquinone-cytochrome c oxidoreductase deficiency Symptoms: Four major forms:  Fatal infantile...