Mitochondrial Disease Update: Testing and Treating

At the Mito Information Day in 2020, Dr Matthew Lynch (Senior Neurology Fellow) provided an update on the developments in mitochondrial disease treatment and testing.

 

 

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Link to The Australian Patient Care Standards in practice Video

The Australian Patient Care Standards in practice

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At the 2022 AussieMit Community Summit, Prof Carolyn Sue AM discusses the Australian Patient Care Standards for primary mitochondrial disease published in late 2021. These standards were developed by Prof Sue and a group of 21 mitochondrial healthcare providers to guide health professionals to offer the best possible care for people impacted by mito.

Link to Mitochondrial Donation Update - November 2022 Video

Mitochondrial Donation Update - November 2022

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This webinar shared details of the progress towards making mitochondrial donation available in Australia and discussed topics you may want to explore with your family and health professionals.

Link to GP Webinar - Identifying Mitochondrial Disease Video

GP Webinar - Identifying Mitochondrial Disease

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In this GP resource, metabolic geneticist Dr Shanti Balasubramaniam explores the multiple organ systems involved in mito and outlines how to identify “red flag” symptoms.

Link to Mito In Children: What To Expect Video

Mito In Children: What To Expect

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At a Mito Information Day, Dr Maina Kava spoke about the challenges of receiving a diagnosis of mito for a child and that every case of mito will be different. Dr Maina Kava shared what can be expected when a child is diagnosed with mito.

Link to Developing the next gen of mito medicine Video

Developing the next gen of mito medicine

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At a Mito Information Day, Dr Richard Lee spoke about his research using a combination of genetically edited cells and patient cells to understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying mitochondrial diseases.

Link to Can Mito Affect My Sleep? Video

Can Mito Affect My Sleep?

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At a Mito Information Day, Dr Bhajan Singh spoke about sleep disorders and mito. Sleep disorders are known to cause fatigue, sleepiness, and impairment of memory and quality of life. Sleep disorders can also cause life-threatening health problems. Most sleep disorders can be readily diagnosed and treated.

Link to Mito Connect Call: Improving Diabetes Care Video

Mito Connect Call: Improving Diabetes Care

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During a Mito Connect Call, Maria Constantino and Dr Timothy Middleton from the Diabetes Centre at RPA Hospital explained the different types of support available for people with diabetes.

Link to Premature Ovarian Insufficiency and the Link to Mito Video

Premature Ovarian Insufficiency and the Link to Mito

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Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Senior Research Officer Elena Tucker’s latest research has discovered new mitochondrial disease genes that can be integrated into existing diagnostic tests to improve diagnostic rate and patient management. Elena has found that premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a significant symptom of female patients with mito and that it may act as an early diagnostic clue to mitochondrial disorders.

Link to An Introduction to Carers SA Video

An Introduction to Carers SA

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Carers SA are the voice for carers across SA and provides support to the 250,000 carers across South Australia to achieve health, wellbeing, resilience and financial security. John will introduce carers SA and talk about the services they offer and how they can help carers within the mito community.

Link to Clinical Trials and Mito Video

Clinical Trials and Mito

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Clinical trials are a core element for any research that has the chance to go on to help people with mito and often people in the mito community are asked whether they would like to participate in trials, but what is a clinical trial? In this presentation Drago Bratkovic will introduce the clinical trial fundamentals; the how’s, the why’s and the what’s, and why it is that lab research takes so long to make it to the general public.