Bone marrow transplants offer surprising way to treat mitochondrial disease

Bone marrow transplants offer an unexpected way for diseased cells in the heart and brain to get replacement parts, a Stanford Medicine-led study has shown. The finding offers hope for the first effective treatment of mitochondrial disorders, a group of genetic diseases in which cells' motors, called mitochondria, are dysfunctional.

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