EPISODE · Jun 26, 2020 · 14 MIN

Mitochondria, medication and POLG

from JIMD Podcasts · host Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Professor Bindoff and Professor Gorman, two luminaries of the world of mitochondrial medicine, speak with James Nurse about recent work in JIMD expanding knowledge on safe drug use in Primary Mitochondrial Disease. Professor Bindoff also explains a proposed classification for Polymerase Gamma disease including when to suspect this condition and how to investigate it. Safety of drug use in patients with a primary mitochondrial disease: An international Delphi‐based consensus Maaike C. De Vries et al https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12196 Simplifying the clinical classification of polymerase gamma (POLG) disease based on age of onset; studies using a cohort of 155 cases Omar Hikmat et al https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12211