Mitochondria dysfunction can lead to 1000’s of Mitochondrial diseases which are a group of disorders caused by dysfunction within these little known organelles that generate energy for the cell.
Mitochondria are found in every cell of the human body except red blood cells, and convert the energy of food molecules into the ATP that powers most cell functions.
Mitochondrial diseases take on unique characteristics because mitochondria are so critical to cell function.
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