Can Vitamins and Supplements Help Patients with Mitochondrial Disease?
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Lacking effective drug treatments, patients with mitochondrial disease may use many vitamins and supplements — most of which are unregulated and untested.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Celebrates FDA Approval of Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness
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A breakthrough therapy has its genesis in more than 10 years of research conducted at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
One-dose Gene Therapy Produces Clotting Factor, Safely Stops Bleeding in Hemophilia B Patients
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A team of gene therapy researchers has reported on a highly active gene variant that achieved sustained factor levels in 10 adults, with no adverse effects.
New Care Guidelines Cover Patients with Mitochondrial Disease
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Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease have a practical new tool: the first published care standards to guide clinical care.
Modernizing Mitochondrial Medicine to Improve Patient Experience
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The fall 2017 issue of Bench to Bedside featured Mitochondrial Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and its Director, Marni Falk, MD.
Altered Mitochondria Associated with Increased Autism Risk
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Mitochondria, your cells’ power engines, could pay a key role in the development of autism spectrum disorder.
New Genetics Collaborative Follows Unique Blueprint to Individualize Medicine
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Our newly established Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center can coordinate a genetic testing plan that provides patients and families accurate and comprehensive test results within a few weeks.
Dr. Douglas Wallace Receives the Franklin Medal in Life Science from the Franklin Institute
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CHOP’s Douglas Wallace, a world-renowned pioneer in mitochondrial biology, received the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science at the Franklin Institute.
How Will Genomics Enter Day-to-day Medicine?
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Amid a cascade of DNA data, a CHOP genetics expert co-led a Think Tank that made recommendations to help families and clinicians understand and use this information.
Tiny Mitochondria Play Outsized Role in Human Evolution
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Mitchondria, the tiny structures that are power plants of our cells, may have helped humans and other mammals adapt and evolve over the eons.