The Lily Foundation

The Lily Foundation The Lily Foundation is the UKs leading charity dedicated to fighting mitochondrial disease. Were working towards a world in which every mitochondrial disease patient has a voice and access to treatment, support to improve their life and, ultimately, a cure. 10 million people in the UK suffer from diseases in which mitochondrial dysfunction is believed to be involved, and every other day in the UK a baby is born that will develop mitochondrial disease. The Lily Foundation is fighting to change this. Whats Mitochondrial Disease? Mitochondrial disease is a severely life-limiting genetic condition that can affect any person at any time in their life. The term in fact refers not to one specific illness but to a number of diseases caused by faulty mitochondria, the tiny organelles present in every cell in our bodies and which are responsible for generating over 90% of the energy we need to live. When mitochondria fail it can affect any part of the body in a variet...