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  • A Renewed Commitment & A Fresh Look for MitoAction

    by Cristy Balcells

    Once in a while, you get a great opportunity.

    Today, we are really excited to show off our new logo and take you on a tour of MitoAction's history.

    2005 MitoAction Logo

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    • Jun 30, 2009
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  • Autism and Mitochondrial Disease

    by admin

    This week, a finding from November of 2007 hit the news, after being sealed by Federal Courts to protect the plaintiff’s identity. The US government has conceded one vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims. Of significant interest, the vaccine is thought to have triggered the onset of an underlying mitochondrial disease.

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    • Mar 6, 2008
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  • Looking normal

    by admin

    For six months we have been fighting with our insurance company in order to get our daughter Eva a wheelchair. She turns 4 in April, and all of a sudden we left the world of overgrown baby items and crossed over into the land of special needs and durable medical equipment. Eva has Leigh’s disease, a form of mitochondrial disease, that affects her muscles and neurologic system such that she cannot walk or talk. Sounds terrible, right? In reality, once we got over the diagnosis, we find so much joy in Eva.

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    • Feb 16, 2008
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