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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In this GP resource, Prof David Thorburn closely examines mitochondrial donation and other reproductive options designed to support conversations involving your patients’ family planning.
Ruth Yuthok (Mito Foundation NDIS Navigator) led a Mito Connect Call to introduce the NDIS Navigation Service. This service aims to help people diagnosed with mito maximise their success in seeking support under the NDIS.
