Researchers develop stem cell-based models for studying mitochondrial disorders
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
(Medical Xpress) -- Virginia Commonwealth University researchers from the Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, the School of Engineering and the School of Medicine have developed a novel approach for generating stem cell-derived cell models to study neurodegenerative disorders that have defects in their mitochondrial genome and physiology such as Lebers hereditary optic neuropathy, Leighs syndrome, Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons disease.