Our country's scientists are exploring new technology of mitochondrial transplantation to treat diseases such as Parkinson's.

Our country's scientists have developed a new technology for mitochondrial transplantation, achieving safe and efficient "delivery" of donor mitochondria to diseased cells and tissues, significantly improving symptoms of diseases such as Parkinson's and Leigh syndrome in animal experiments. This provides a new treatment approach for intractable diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. The related research results were published on the 18th in the international academic journal "Cell". Mitochondria are the "power plants" of cells, converting nutrients into energy for life activities. Liu Xingguo, the leader of the research and a researcher at the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, explained that mitochondrial dysfunction is related to human aging and is an important cause of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and metabolic diseases. Mitochondrial gene or protein mutations also lead to serious genetic diseases.