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Article: Australian researchers discover new target in aging diseases.
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- BioWorld International
- Article date:
- May 2, 2007
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- It is only in the recent past that the broad range of inherited disorders caused by defects in mitochondrial genes have been recognized as having a single root.
Attempts to redress the cellular energy shortages that occur in mitochondrial diseases by boosting adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, have had no success to date, and as yet the only treatment is high-energy food and vitamin supplements
Now, Australian researchers have discovered a single target that may be relevant to all these diseases, and to diseases of aging, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, in which accumulating mitochondrial damage is ...