Scientists have discovered a new cause of spastic ataxia, and believe this cause is also a trigger for other mitochondrial diseases neurological disorders that can lead to serious coordination, growth, visual, speech, and muscle defects. Researchers at St George's, University of London have found a gene mutation mechanism that causes a new type of defect in mitochondria the parts of cells responsible for creating energy from food and oxygen. They made the discovery when they found a new gene that, when mutated by this mechanism, can cause spastic ataxia...
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