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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.
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Dr. Wallace, a world expert in mitochondrial medicine, has joined the Italian Academy of Sciences. Other members of the Academy have included Einstein and Franklin.
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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.
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Using lithium and other drugs in cell and animal models, CHOP researchers may have broken a logjam in devising effective treatments for mitochondrial diseases.
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By using existing drugs to improve metabolism in animals, researchers have set the stage for possible new therapies for mitochondrial diseases in humans.
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Subtle changes in mitochondria, our cells’ power plants, may trigger a broad range of common diseases, says a pioneering CHOP scientist.
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Niels had constant sinus infections, gastrointestinal problems, reflux and more. When his brother, Lachlan, showed the same symptoms, his parents sought treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.