Has anyone tried mitoswab? does it work?

AlexKChen · 2023-10-11T17:07:16.926Z

Mitoswab - Testing Kit

MITOSWAB is a non-invasive test that analyzes the power of the mitochondria. Mitoswab has an 84% correlation with the muscle biopsy, which is the current gold standard for the diagnosis of mitochondrial dysfunction. The ease of using a buccal swab...

Olafurpall · 2023-10-19T21:13:05.745Z

Interesting test!

It looks like they’re using buccal citrate synthase as a proxy for mitochondrial health. They link to this study in their research: Non-invasive evaluation of buccal respiratory chain enzyme dysfunction in mitochondrial disease: comparison with studies in muscle biopsy - PubMed