MitoWorld

In “Beyond the Disease” MitoWorld partners with the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) to highlight advances in mitochondrial science and the people responsible for them. www.MitoWorld.org is devoted to better public and medical understanding of underlying mitochondrial science in an effort to raise awareness of the field in order to attract greater funding for the pursuit of mitochondrial disease and dysfunction.

In Mitochondrial Microscopist Dane Wolf Launches MitoGraphica, MitoWorld organizer Gordon Freedman interviews Wolf, a UCLA PhD and EMBO Fellow, about his specialty and passion: capturing mitochondria in vivid detail to enhance and support cutting edge mitochondrial research.

In Mechanisms of Mitochondrial DNA Mutation and Repair, MitoWorld’s Gordon Freedman writes about and gathers comments on the first-ever mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) conference, which he attended, saying how useful it was to concentrate just on issues of mtDNA, heteroplasmy and copy number.

In MitoWorld Spotlight Video Interview with Dr. Craig Thompson, MitoWorld’s Gordon Freedman shares a video of Dr. Thompson’s (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) detailed analysis of a new type of mitochondria devoted to building cell structures, not just producing ATP.

In Funding Mitochondrial Transplantation for Regenerative Medicine, MitoWorld’s Gordon Freedman writes about the new Canadian government funding for mitochondrial transplantation for regenerative medicine and interviews Ana Andreazza, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Toronto, who leads the new ground-breaking effort.

In “Cryptic” Mutations in Mitochondrial DNA Correlate with Aging, MitoWorld’s Gary Howard reports on a team paper led Nick Jones at Imperial College London that explores the relationship between mutations in mitochondrial DNA and aging and interviews the lead authors.

Beyond The Disease, July 1, 2025