Reports, reviews, articles, and clips:

Funnyman Jack Black champions fatherhood and mitochondrial disease awareness: http://www.examiner.com/x-12770-Chicago-Baby--Toddler-Gear-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Funnyman-Jack-Black-champions-fatherhood-acting-and-Mitochondrial-disease

248 UMDF Members Hold Meetings on Capitol Hill -- Click Here

Congressman Gregg Harper gave us a tour of the Capitol.
This picture was taken on the Speaker's Balcony.

Autism Speaks and UMDF Collaborate:
http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science_news/umdf_meeting_report_2009.php

DISCOVER Magazine - "Why We Age"
http://discovermagazine.com/2004/sep/why-we-age/?searchterm=mitochondria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqxCOcdda2Y Joe Wise heads to the Paralympics.

http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/transcript_apr08.html
Transcript of the Proceedings of the April 11, 2008 Meeting of the Vaccine Safety Working Group of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee

Autism Speaks Research http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/research/grants/research_we_have_funded_hrhi_winter_2008.php

Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation Disorders Presenting in Neonates: Clinical Manifestations and Enzymatic and Molecular Diagnoses http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/5/1003?eaf

Diabetes/Statins article on Science Daily - "Over the last few decades, mitochondria have increasingly been understood as a key determinant of cellular health. On the other hand, mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to many neurodegenerative conditions as well as metabolic diseases such as diabetes."

"Agent Orange Chemical, Dioxin, Attacks The Mitochondria To Cause Cancer" - Click here to read.

BBC News - "Alzheimer's is linked to the build up of amyloid protein plaques. The new study has shown that these plaques inflict damage by interacting with an enzyme produced in the cell's energy-producing power plants. The interaction damages these tiny structures - known as mitochondria - and causes toxic substances to leak out into the rest of the cell, leading to its destruction." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3628319.stm

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism - "Mitochondrial disorders are now thought to be the most common disease associated with ASD. Some journal articles and other analyses have estimated that 10% to 20% of all autism cases may involve mitochondrial disorders, which would make them one thousand times more common among people with ASD than the general population." - from "Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?" Read the article by David Kirby. Read the verbatim copy of the US Government concession filed last November in a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims here.

"Father: Child's case shifts autism debate" by Jon S. Poling (Neurologist and Hannah Poling's father) for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read the article.

Parkinson's on Science Daily- "The rat studies showed that TCE exposure inhibited mitochondrial function (which in humans is associated with a wide range of degenerative diseases) in the substantia nigra, an area in the brain that produces dopamine and whose destruction is associated with Parkinson's disease. Specifically, Complex 1, an enzyme important in energy production, was significantly reduced in the substantia nigra." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080107181340.htm

Time Magazine, "When Cells Stop Working" - Click here to read.

Dr. Cohen's review on problems associated with mitochondrial cytopathies - Click here to read.

NORD website, "Melbourne Researchers Uncover Underlying Cause of Mitochondrial Diseases" -
Click here to read. Headline link on NORD, http://www.rarediseases.org/washington/office

A TBS special feature (AWESOME!):
http://www.medicalneurogenetics.com/ - look under the NEWS section.

Other articles:
The Boston Globe, "Suffering Through a Mystery" Click here to read about the Thorell family.