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Intravenous Arginine Benefits Children after Acute Metabolic Strokes
Children with mitochondrial diseases who suffered acute metabolic strokes benefited from rapid IV treatment with the amino acid arginine, with no side effects.
Can Vitamins and Supplements Help Patients with Mitochondrial Disease?
Lacking effective drug treatments, patients with mitochondrial disease may use many vitamins and supplements — most of which are unregulated and untested.
Finding the Words
The Woody Starkweather Intensive Stuttering Program at CHOP focuses on improving speech development through interactive games and activities.
New Care Guidelines Cover Patients with Mitochondrial Disease
Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease have a practical new tool: the first published care standards to guide clinical care.
Altered Mitochondria Associated with Increased Autism Risk
Mitochondria, your cells’ power engines, could pay a key role in the development of autism spectrum disorder.
Dr. Douglas Wallace Receives the Franklin Medal in Life Science from the Franklin Institute
CHOP’s Douglas Wallace, a world-renowned pioneer in mitochondrial biology, received the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science at the Franklin Institute.
A Gift that Speaks for Itself
For Sean Frankel, the challenge of stuttering was the motivating factor that has driven him to work harder and reach higher. A successful real estate developer, Sean has decided to give back to the place that helped him — and his son.
CHOP’s Dr. Douglas Wallace Inducted into Italian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Wallace, a world expert in mitochondrial medicine, has joined the Italian Academy of Sciences. Other members of the Academy have included Einstein and Franklin.
Tiny Mitochondria Play Outsized Role in Human Evolution
Mitchondria, the tiny structures that are power plants of our cells, may have helped humans and other mammals adapt and evolve over the eons.
Novel Treatments Emerging for Human Mitochondrial Diseases
Using lithium and other drugs in cell and animal models, CHOP researchers may have broken a logjam in devising effective treatments for mitochondrial diseases.