Dysfunction of cellular powerplant shakes B-vitamin metabolism, causes genetic damage

Friday, March 4, 2016 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

A mechanism underlying a severe progressive children’s brain disease and adult’s muscle disease has been clarified by a new study. The results indicate for the first time that the energy-metabolic defect in a cell can shake its B-vitamin balance and lead to genetic changes.

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