{"id":155603,"date":"2025-09-14T06:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T06:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/155603\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T06:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T06:26:42","slug":"old-bladder-drug-shows-promise-for-rare-genetic-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/155603\/","title":{"rendered":"Old bladder drug shows promise for rare genetic disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common drug for bladder issues could help treat deadly mitochondrial diseases, according to new Cornell research reported by the Cornell Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NSw3LDEsNjA=\" href=\"https:\/\/disantopropane.com\/disanto-propane-customer-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/disanto-propane-billboard-2019-04-01.gif\" alt=\"DiSanto Propane (Billboard)\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Scientists found that oxybutynin, an FDA-approved medication, helps muscle stem cells bypass faulty mitochondria by boosting glycolysis\u2014an alternative way to generate energy. In both mouse and human cells, the drug restored growth and muscle fiber formation.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are already being tested on patient cells at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, potentially fast-tracking the drug for clinical use.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest headlines delivered to your inbox each morning.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign up for our Morning Edition (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Sign up for our Morning Edition (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our Morning Edition to start your day<\/a>. FL1 on the Go! Download the free FingerLakes1.com App for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/fingerlakes1-com\/id919463351?mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS (iPhone, iPad)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/author\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FL1-01-LOGO-2022-V01-250x250-newer.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FingerLakes1.com is the region\u2019s leading all-digital news publication. The company was founded in 1998 and has been keeping residents informed for more than two decades. Have a lead? Send it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"09676c7e7a496f60676e6c7b6568626c7a38276a6664\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A common drug for bladder issues could help treat deadly mitochondrial diseases, according to new Cornell research reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[200,79],"class_list":["post-155603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-genetics","tag-genetics","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}