UK becomes first country to licence three-parent babies
Dec 15, 2016 13:40:41 GMT
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Post by benson on Dec 15, 2016 13:40:41 GMT
The UK’s fertility regulator has given the green light for clinics to apply for licences to create the country’s first babies made from the DNA of three people.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) announced on Thursday that it would accept applications after it met to review the latest scientific evidence for the safety of the procedure.
Doctors in Newcastle are ready to offer the experimental technique, called mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), to women who are at risk of passing on devastating genetic diseases to their children.
“Today’s historic decision means that parents at very high risk of having a child with a life-threatening mitochondrial disease may soon have the chance of a healthy, genetically-related child. This is life-changing for those families,” said Sally Cheshire, chair of the HFEA. “We feel now is the right time to carefully introduce this new treatment in the limited circumstances recommended by the panel.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/15/three-parent-embryos-regulator-gives-green-light-to-uk-clinics
Very interesting, here's hoping for it's success. While not a bottleneck in the strictest sense, this could become a new alternative to reproduction.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) announced on Thursday that it would accept applications after it met to review the latest scientific evidence for the safety of the procedure.
Doctors in Newcastle are ready to offer the experimental technique, called mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), to women who are at risk of passing on devastating genetic diseases to their children.
“Today’s historic decision means that parents at very high risk of having a child with a life-threatening mitochondrial disease may soon have the chance of a healthy, genetically-related child. This is life-changing for those families,” said Sally Cheshire, chair of the HFEA. “We feel now is the right time to carefully introduce this new treatment in the limited circumstances recommended by the panel.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/15/three-parent-embryos-regulator-gives-green-light-to-uk-clinics
Very interesting, here's hoping for it's success. While not a bottleneck in the strictest sense, this could become a new alternative to reproduction.
