Wallace emphasized that with the exception of the few rare disorders to which he has linked the mitochondria, his ideas about the role of mitochondria in disease are speculation.
Wallace emphasized that with the exception of the few rare disorders to which he has linked the mitochondria, his ideas about the role of mitochondria in disease are speculation.
Because mitochondria reproduce and mutate rapidly, it is possible that defects that appear during an individual's lifetime can trigger this harmful degeneration in the heart, he said.