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Mitochondrial donation could benefit thousands of parents

Mitochondrial donation could benefit thousands of parents

Mitochondrial donation could benefit thousands of British and American parents, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers calculated that 2,473 women in the UK and 12,423 women in the US are at risk of passing on mitochondrial DNA disease to their children. This equates to an average of 152 births per year in the UK, and 778 births per year in the US. Continue reading

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