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Our mission is to promote research and education for the diagnosis, treatment and cure of mitochondrial disorders and to provide support to affected individuals and families.


Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week is September 19-25, 2010.  Start planning your activities now! Need some ideas? Click here.

  

Here are some of the more popular pages on the UMDF website....

Awareness Week
Action Center
Energy for Life Walkathon
Research Grant Awards
Ask the MitoDocSM
Clinical Trials
UMDF Literature
Kids & Teens
Disease Descriptions
Treatments & Therapies



The first of many ENERGY FOR LIFE WALKATHONS are set to start this month. 
Find a walk near you and register a team! 
 



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Check out this cool teaching video on ATP. The video was created by Tom McFadden, an instructor in Stanford’s Human Biology program.
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Since 1996, the UMDF funded nearly $7 million in research projects aimed at finding better treatments for mitochondrial diseases, with the ultimate goal of a cure. Click here to learn more about UMDF Research efforts.

Each year, the UMDF brings together clinical and basic science researchers sharing an interest in mitochondria from all over the world. Patients and families meet others who, like themselves, are seeking knowledge. Click here to learn more.

AACT Mission Statement: For the UMDF to have parity between the affected adult community and the affected pediatric community and to better represent, serve and assist adults with mitochondrial disease. Click here to visit the AACT page.


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