Mitochondrial Disease - People

People

Notable people who suffered from mitochondrial disease include:

  • Rocco Baldelli (diagnosis later replaced by channelopathy)
  • Mattie Stepanek (dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy)
  • Colby Wren
  • Charles Darwin (probable A3243G mutation)
  • Thomas Wedgwood (a 'father of photography', Darwin's maternal uncle)

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