Mitochondrial Disorders; Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
The objective I am covering is organelles and their functions. In this project I focused on one specific organelle -mitochondria- and a disease that impacted its function. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy or LHON is a mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial disorders are a family of disorders stemming from mitochondria (the organelle whose …