# Salk scientists build a library of 155 mitochondrial DNA mutant cell lines.

- slug: salk-scientists-build-a-library-of-155-mitochondrial-dna-mutant-cell-lines
- date: 2026-04-08
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

A new platform from Ronald Evans and Weiwei Fan generates mouse models of mitochondrial DNA diseases in weeks rather than years — potentially unlocking the bottleneck that has slowed drug discovery for 260 known disease mutations.

---