By utilizing a familial method developed astatine UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to escaped themselves of mitochondria, researchers are gaining caller insights into the relation of these captious organelles. Their findings, published successful Cell, adhd to cardinal cognition astir the relation of mitochondria successful cells and improvement and could yet pb to caller treatments for patients with mitochondrial diseases specified arsenic Leigh syndrome and Kearns-Sayre syndrome, which tin impact galore organ systems.