A Mitochondrial DNA Transplant Could Help Treat Hundreds of Diseases

January 9, 2015

(Io9) – For the first time ever, researchers in New Zealand have shown that mitochondrial DNA can move between cells in an animal tumor. It’s an extraordinary finding that could lead to an entirely new field of synthetic biology and the treatment of hundreds of diseases. The discovery could have major implications for the field of synthetic biology and the treatment of diseases caused by defective mitochondrial DNA.