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| colspan=2|<span style="font-size:150%">'''Three-person embryos'''</span> | | colspan=2|<span style="font-size:150%">'''Three-person embryos'''</span> | ||
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[[File:Mitochondria EM01.jpg|250px|left]] | | '''UK government has voted to legalize a gene-therapy technique that could help women to avoid passing genetic defects onto their children.''' | ||
| '''UK has voted to legalize a gene-therapy technique that could help women to avoid passing genetic defects onto their children.''' | |||
The technique called either "mitochondrial replacement" or "three-person in vitro fertilization" intention is to prevent maternal mitochondrial mutations to be passed on to children. Its estimated that estimated 1 in 5,000 children are born with these type of diseases caused by such mutations. | The technique called either "mitochondrial replacement" or "three-person in vitro fertilization" intention is to prevent maternal mitochondrial mutations to be passed on to children. Its estimated that estimated 1 in 5,000 children are born with these type of diseases caused by such mutations. | ||
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UK government has voted to legalize a gene-therapy technique that could help women to avoid passing genetic defects onto their children.
The technique called either "mitochondrial replacement" or "three-person in vitro fertilization" intention is to prevent maternal mitochondrial mutations to be passed on to children. Its estimated that estimated 1 in 5,000 children are born with these type of diseases caused by such mutations.
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