To explain why we have a mitochondria, we have to go back about two billion years to a time when none of the complexity of life as we see it today existed.
The decision by British MPs to allow the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to license mitochondrial replacement therapies, popularly known as “three-parent” or “three-person” IVF, should be…
The science and morality of creating a life with DNA from three different individuals is hot news. The UK parliament has voted in favour of allowing trials of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), otherwise…
Diseases caused by genetic mutations in the mitochondria – the powerhouses of the cell – can be disabling, or even deadly. That is why mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), otherwise also known as three-person…