MitoWorld

In “Beyond the Disease” MitoWorld partners with the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation 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 DNA Mutations and Aging, MitoWorld editor Gary Howard describes a paper published in Science by a multi-institute research team led by Samir M. Parikh. The team reports on the association of the accumulation of mutations to mitochondrial DNA to aging, specifically in a model of kidney disease.

The Great Mitochondrial Debate over Transfer and Transplantation

In Join the Great Mitochondrial Debate, MitoWorld’s founders Gordon Freedman and Alex Sercel, PhD, link to a September 2025 Viewpoint published in Nature Metabolism in which leading mitochondrial researchers are asked to share their viewpoints on whether mitochondria transfer is fundamental to cellular life or not. MitoWorld recommends moving from debate to evidence.

KeyStone Conference – The Importance of Mitochondrial Signaling

In Mitochondrial Signaling as the New “Powerhouse of the Cell,” MitoWorld’s founder Gordon Freedman shares information about the February Keystone Symposium, Mitochondria Signaling in Physiology and Disease, February 9–12, and interviews speaker and noted mitochondria scientist, José Antonio (Tonio) Enríquez, about the importance of mitochondrial signaling.

In Welcome to the Mitoverse, MitoWorld’s Director of Microscopy Dane Wolf, PhD, and MitoWorld’s founder Gordon Freedman share a mitochondrial primer they co-authored for STEM Magazine, an online magazine read by thousands of teachers, faculty and students, as part of MitoWorld’s interest in raising awareness about mitochondria science, health and disease.

Beyond The Disease, November 4, 2025