Can We “Transplant Mitochondria” to Save Vision? The Case For Vision as an Energy Problem
In this Deep Dive, Dr. Mike breaks down a frontier idea in mitochondrial medicine: ocular mitochondrial transplantation — isolating healthy mitochondria and delivering them into specific eye compartments to support bioenergetics in tissues like the retina, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and optic nerve head. The promise is obvious: mitochondrial dysfunction shows up across major blinding diseases (AMD, glaucoma/optic neuropathies, diabetic retinopathy), and these tissues are some of the most energy-demanding in the body.
But the real focus of this paper is not hype, it’s delivery. The…
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