Lactic acid is an essential metabolite in our body, helping move energy from tissues that generate it, to the tissues that need it the most. We will talk about what lactic acid is supposed to do and how that gets dysregulated in mitochondrial disease. Objectives include naming causes of high lactate, evaluating lactate metabolically & listing downstream impacts of high lactate.
Richard Frye, MD, PhD, FAAP, FAAN, CPI, discusses how Enteric (gut) Microbiome Modulates Mitochondrial Function. Talking points include: The enteric (gut) microbiome has an...
When a genetic variant is shared by only a handful of individuals worldwide, what does it mean for diagnosis, treatment, and research? In this...
Patients with progressive or static neuromuscular disease, and certainly mitochondrial disease, can cause significant difficulty with airway clearance. This can be a problem on...
