“Mito” and “Tracker,” the first animals produced using spindle transfer, a technique developed to advance research on preventing inherited mitochondrial disease. (OHSU)

Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., discusses research at OHSU to develop stem cell–based therapies aimed at treating mitochondrial disease. (OHSU)

Fibroblasts derived from patients with mitochondrial disease are used in gene therapy research at OHSU. (OHSU)

Neuronal progenitor cells differentiated from stem cells developed through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) are shown in an image from research published by OHSU scientists. (OHSU)

Stem cell colonies grow on feeder cells in a laboratory working to advance treatments for mitochondrial disease at OHSU. (OHSU)

Immunochemistry staining highlights stem cell colonies grown on feeder cells in OHSU research aimed at developing therapies for mitochondrial disease. (OHSU)