287 A new UK reproductive care pathway for women with serious MTDNA disease

In March 2015, the UK government passed into law, an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 to permit ‘Mitochondrial Donation’. This provided a unique legal framework for techniques that make it possible to ‘replace’ mutated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in human oocytes or zygotes...

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Published in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 89; no. 10; p. A44
Main Authors:	Grainne, Gorman, Robert, McFarland, Jane, Stewart, Catherine, Feeney, Mary, Herbert, Louise, Heslop, Emma, Blakeley, Robert, Taylor, Julie, Murphy, Doug, Turnbull
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.10.2018
Subjects:	Mitochondrial DNA United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	0022-3050, 1468-330X
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