Research / Bioenergetics

Transformative Therapies:
Boosting Brain Energy

Mitochondria turn fuel into usable energy inside every cell. Mitargos is targeting that biology to sustain brain energy when the system is under stress.

The Science

The brain is energy-vulnerable.

The brain relies on a constant supply of energy: unlike much of the body, it has limited ability to use fat as fuel and essentially no meaningful stored fuel reserve. When supply or metabolism is impaired, the brain must preserve essential function — leaving less energy available for repair, recovery, and resilience. That is the vulnerability we are focused on.

Explore the science

Mitochondria as energy systems

Their job is to turn fuel into usable energy. We are targeting mitochondria to sustain brain energy under stress.

Ketones as an alternative fuel

An elegant fuel pathway the brain already knows how to use when glucose metabolism becomes constrained.

Energy deficit is the shared mechanism across neurological conditions
The Platform

From mechanism to practical, measurable solutions.

There is already a large body of scientific evidence around ketogenic therapies and brain-energy metabolism. Our opportunity is to make that biology practical, measurable, and product-specific — with the right dose, timing, tolerability, and use protocol for each setting.

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Biology

Grounding our work in established mitochondrial biology and brain-energy metabolism, not early discovery.

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Translation

Translating mechanisms into well-characterized, testable therapeutic candidates.

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Clinical Evidence

Generating exposure, tolerability, biomarker and functional-outcome data in clinical settings.

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Product Specificity

Defining the right dose, timing, tolerability, and use protocol for each setting.

Selected as a Top 40 team in the XPRIZE Healthspan competition.

Common Questions

Short answers to the science behind our work.

Contact

Working with select partners.

We are building relationships with scientific, strategic, and investment partners aligned with our work. If you would like to learn more, we welcome the conversation.