Pros And Cons Of Mitochondrial Donation

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Recently mitochondrial transplants, mitochondrial donations, also referred to mitochondrial replacement has become a predominant topic in the medical community, chiefly in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Mitochondrial transplants would mean that couples who want to have a child, but the mother has defective mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA) could receive mitochondria from a donation. Therefore, the child would not be born with a mitochondrial disease. People who are diagnosed with mitochondrial disease have a life expectancy of nine months to fifty years, depending on when the person developed the disease. Both sides of this argument have valid opinions. Matt Ridley and Françoise Baylis wrote

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