POLG mitochondrial disease is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the POLG gene, which is responsible for ...

What is PolG? The rare genetic disease that ended a young prince's life "PolG disease has been described as really one of the most progressive forms of mitochondrial disease," said Philip Yeske ...

In people with POLG-related diseases, issues with polymerase gamma can either end up decreasing the amount of DNA in mitochondria or introducing mutations into that DNA. And in some cases, both ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died at the age of 22 from POLG mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder that he was born with, his family announced. Frederik de Nassau died in Paris on ...

PolG disease is a genetic disease caused by mutations that occur in the POLG gene in the mitochondria of a person's cell, according to the UMDF. It's one of the most commonly inherited ...

What is POLG? POLG disease is a mitochondrial disorder caused by inherited mutations in the POLG gene—which is critical to the processes of replicating cells’ genetic material and DNA repair.

POLG Mitochondrial disease is “a genetic disorder that robs the body’s cells of energy, in turn causing progressive multiple organ dysfunction and failure,” as noted on the POLG Foundation ...

Frederik was born with PolG Mitochondrial disease, an incurable genetic disorder that causes organ dysfunction and failure. Frederik’s father, Prince Robert, announced his son’s death at the ...

Frederik was diagnosed with PolG mitochondrial disease, which has no known cure, at age 14, and he died on March 1 at age 22. Frederik's father Prince Robert is a first cousin of Grand Duke Henri ...

A young European royal has died due to a rare genetic disorder at the age of 22. Prince Frederik of Luxembourg passed away from a rare mitochondrial condition affecting two of his POLG genes that ...

He passed away on March 1 from POLG Mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder that affects approximately one in 5,000 people. The disease robs the body’s cells of energy, causing ...