So some medical researchers with nothing better to do other than to try to find a find a way a whole 10 or so women a year in England can have a baby without mitochondrial disease have got some "draft regulations" which might allow them to do it.
I like this quote [/sarc]
Prof Doug Turnbull, who has pioneered research in mitochondrialHey, Prof Doug: here's an even easier step that we already know is guaranteed not to transmit the disease - don't have children. Adopt one instead.
donation at Newcastle University, said: "I am delighted that the
government has published the draft regulations.
"This is very good news for patients with mitochondrial DNA
disease and an important step in the prevention of transmission of
serious mitochondrial disease."
It's a ridiculously complicated bit of fiddling, with completely unforeseeable consequences for the health of children, that is only needed for a tiny number of couples.
These researchers need to be forced into something more useful.
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