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Concise Review: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Drug Discovery for Mitochondrial Disease.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 Jul 2017
Inak Gizem, Lorenz Carmen, Lisowski Pawel, Zink Annika, Mlody Barbara, Prigione Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
High attrition rates and loss of capital plague the drug discovery process. This is particularly evident for mitochondrial disease that typically involves neurological manifestations and is caused by nuclear or mitochondrial DNA defects. This group of heterogeneous disorders is difficult to target because of the variability of the symptoms among individual patients and the lack of viable modeling systems. The use...
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