Anita Harding | |
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| Born | 17 September 1952 |
| Died | 11 September 1995 (aged 42) |
| Nationality | Irish-British |
| Education | King Edward VI High School |
| Alma mater | UCL Medical School |
| Occupation | Neurologist |
| Known for | The first identification of a mitochondrial DNA mutation in human disease, and the concept of tissue heteroplasmy of mutant mitochondrial DNA |
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Anita Elizabeth Harding (17 September 1952 – 11 September 1995) was an Irish-British neurologist, and Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Institute of Neurology of the University of London.[1] She is known for the discovery with Ian Holt and John Morgan-Hughes of the "first identification of a mitochondrial DNA mutation in human disease and the concept of tissue heteroplasmy of mutant mitochondrial DNA", published in Nature in 1986.[2] In 1985 she established the first neurogenetics research group in the United Kingdom at the UCL Institute of Neurology.