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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.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/proceedings/20090629_mitochondrial.htm
Mitochondrial Encephalopathies: Potential Relationships
to Autism
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"
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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.
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