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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