Elamipretide first approved drug for mitochondrial disease Barth Syndrome, showing heart and cell repair.

First-Ever Drug for Mitochondrial Disease Brings Hope to Rare Disease Patients

October 10, 2025 Science Buzzer 0

For the first time ever, scientists have a drug approved specifically for a mitochondrial disease — and that’s a huge deal. The new medicine, elamipretide, has been cleared to treat Barth syndrome, a rare genetic condition that weakens the heart and muscles.

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Cinematic portrait of 2025 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry—Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi—standing before a golden Nobel medal with soft lighting.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Building Materials Atom by Atom

October 8, 2025 Science Buzzer 0

8 October 2025, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi. Their work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provides powerful new tools to design materials from the molecular level upward—opening doors for clean energy, gas storage, catalysis, and more.