Later today, the UK Parliament will vote on whether to authorise medically assisted procreation for couples where the mother-to-be suffers from a mitochondrial problem that she is likely to pass on to her children. Mitochondria are basically the energy supply for cells: they don’t affect the person’s genetic makeup. Batteries, if you like. They are inherited only from the mother, which is what makes mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) a potential relatively simple and permanent cure for mitochondrial diseases, of which you’ll find a non-exhaustive list here. You’d think that research into MRT, which doesn’t muck about with actual genes, is intended to help parents produce healthy children and reduces the need to abort affected fetuses would be welcomed with open … Continue reading
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