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Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques: Ethical, Social, and Policy Considerations
Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques Ethical Social and Policy Considerations
Author: Committee on the Ethical and Social Policy Considerations of Novel Techniques for Prevention of Maternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences
Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases from mother to child. While MRTs, if effective, could satisfy a desire of women seeking to have a genetically related child without the risk of passing on mtDNA disease, the technique raises significant ethical and social is...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780309388702
ISBN-10: 0309388708
Publication Date: 8/3/2016
Pages: 200
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Publisher: National Academies Press
Book Type: Paperback
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