Three gene pools, one baby

• Autores: Jessica Griggs
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2909, 2013, págs. 5-6
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Three-parent babies could soon become a fact of life. The techniques are designed to prevent devastating mitochondrial diseases, which affect thousands of people. Whatever the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority decides, there seems to be little doubt that the techniques will be used somewhere soon, whether they are regulated or not. Currently, the only option for women with such faulty DNA is to go through IVF to measure the amount of mutated DNA in her eggs, a technique called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.