POLG mitochondrial disease is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the POLG gene, which is responsible for maintaining the DNA of mitochondria. This disease severely disrupts the body's ...

Affected populations: POLG-related diseases are a group of rare, incurable conditions caused by inherited gene mutations. These disease-causing mutations are carried by up to 2% of people of ...

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 ...

POLG disease is a genetic mitochondrial disorder that robs the body’s cells of energy, in turn causing progressive multiple organ (brain, nerves, liver, intestines, muscles, swallowing and ...

The son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Princess Julie of Nassau, Prince Frederik, has died in Paris the age of 22 due to a rare genetic disorder – POLG Mitochondrial disease. Prince Robert ...

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 ...

The filmmaker who chronicled Prince Frederik of Luxembourg’s battle with the rare genetic disorder PolG has shared her experience working with the royal, who passed away on Mar. 1 at 22 ...

Prince Frederik, the youngest son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Princess Julie of Nassau, died at age 22 on March 1 from the rare genetic condition POLG Mitochondrial disease.

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 ...

Prince Frederik, the youngest son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Princess Julie of Nassau, has died. He was 22. Frederik died from a rare genetic condition called POLG Mitochondrial disease ...

He was 22. Robert and his wife, Princess Julie of Nassau, announced Frederik's death on the POLG Foundation website, a nonprofit, United States-based charity Frederik founded in 2022.

POLG deficiency is a particularly brutal type of mitochondrial disease, according to Sir Doug Turnbull, an emeritus professor of neurology at Newcastle University and a member of the POLG ...