Knowing the causative genes for osteoporosis may later open the door to more effective treatments. Research by Struan Grant, PhD, and Andrew Wells, PhD.
Children’s Hospital researchers recently identified a network of signaling molecules that acts like a “fuse box,” regulating the effects of defective energy flow in mitochondrial respiratory chain diseases — a set of difficult-to-treat genetic-based energy disorders. Using that knowledge, they showed that a form of vitamin B3 partially restores normal functioning in cells taken from patients with mitochondrial disease.
