Three-DNA Embryo: British Study Validates Scientific Advances in Mitochondrial Donation
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A study was published on July 16 in the United Kingdom on the controversial process of mitochondrial donation. Legal in the UK, it remains banned in France. Illustration: in vitro fertilization. Sukharevskyy Dmytro / stock.adobe.com
Highly anticipated by the scientific community, a study published Wednesday, July 16, in the New England Journal of Medicine provides an assessment of mitochondrial donation. Authorized in the United Kingdom, this practice involves replacing the mother's mitochondrial DNA with that of another woman. The technique is controversial in France.
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I subscribeMitochondria are small structures found in our cells. They play an important role in transforming nutrients into energy. However, when they malfunction, as is the case in one in 5,000 people, they can cause a range of particularly serious degenerative diseases (blindness, deafness, diabetes, muscle degeneration, etc.), some of which can be potentially fatal in childhood.
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