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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.

Is “Integrative Mitochondrial Medicine” Becoming a Field? Keystone Meeting
Something interesting is happening around mitochondria. For decades, mitochondrial research has necessarily been divided among specialties.

Philadelphia: A Mitochondrial City
Philadelphia has quietly emerged as a distinctive hub for mitochondrial science, bringing together researchers across fundamental biology, human genetics and disease, cardiovascular medicine and aging, and cancer, all working within the same scientific community.

A Calcium Switch for Fat: How Mitochondria Balance Lipid Storage and Utilization
Cells face a continual metabolic decision: should fatty acids be stored for later, or mobilized and burned for energy? Mitochondria sit at the heart of both processes. Although they are best known for oxidizing nutrients to produce energy, distinct populations of mitochondria can also support the accumulation of cellular fat.

Hallmarks of Skeletal Muscle Health
Recently, an international group of scientists, led by Marco Sandri (University of Padova) and Anna Vainshtein (Craft Science), proposed a conceptual framework for muscle homeostasis. It covered metabolism and bioenergetics, proteostasis, genomics, excitability, structure, regeneration and crosstalk, and aims to facilitate the development of better diagnostics and therapeutics.

Beyond The Disease, September 26, 2026