Mitochondria are intracellular organelles that make energy through processes requiring oxygen. Primordial eukaryotic cells were initially anaerobic before they developed a symbiotic relationship with... Read More
Aging is natural to all of us, and can be defined as a time-dependent degenerative process that ultimately leads to death. The idea that free radicals and oxidative damage might lead to aging and... Read More
In the average family practice many patients have disease that is either genetic or has a large genetic component. Given the rapid advances in the field of genetics, family physicians may feel... Read More
Mitochondrial disease is a clinically heterogeneous, often multisystem disorder that can present from birth to old age. Diagnosis is complex and requires the integration of information obtained by... Read More
Whenever I talk to doctors and professors about the method of teaching they received as students in medical school, they invariably answer that in the “old days,” their medical school curriculum was... Read More