Mitochondria, Metabolism and Disease
Symposium - New York City, United States
Mitochondria are the cell's "power plants" and serve a critical role in global metabolism. Accordingly, dysfunction or damage of mitochondria can greatly perturb metabolism, and underlies a diverse range of human diseases, ranging from neurodegenerative conditions (ALS, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases), epilepsy, psychiatric illness and autism, to atherosclerotic heart disease, stroke, liver disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. The broad impact of mitochondria in so many diseases makes them an important focus for study as well as a target for therapy.
This symposium brings together cutting-edge investigators with the shared goal of characterizing and curing diseases that arise from aberrant mitochondrial metabolism.
Organization: New York Academy of Sciences
(Courtesy of Mitochondrial disease, via en.wikipedia.org)
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 - Thu, Apr 10, 2014 (8:30am to 4:30pm)
The New York Academy of Sciences
250 Greenwich St, 40th Floor, New York City, United States
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