Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques: Ethical, Social, and Policy Considerations

by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Engineering National Academies of Sciences, et al.

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 issues. It would create offspring who have genetic material from two women, something never sanctioned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309388708
• ISBN13: 9780309388702
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"