Reproductive Medicine Involving Mitochondrial DNA Modification: Evolution, Legality, and Ethics

Reproductive Medicine Involving Mitochondrial DNA Modification: Evolution, Legality, and Ethics

Human oocytes have an abundance of mitochondria that have their own genome. Mitochondrial functions are exerted through evolutionarily-developed interactions between the nucleus and mitochondria. Since 1996, fertility clinics have practiced various types of germline mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) modific...

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Main Author: Tetsuya Ishii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Medical Journal 2018-08-01
Series:European Medical Journal Reproductive Health
Subjects:
egg donation
ethics
evolution
germline genetic modification
infertility
law
mitochondrial disease
mitochondrial dna (mtdna)
mitochondrial donation
Online Access:https://www.emjreviews.com/reproductive-health/article/reproductive-medicine-involving-mitochondrial-dna-modification-evolution-legality-and-ethics/

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