Ethical problems of mitochondrial replacement
https://doi.org/10.25557/2073-7998.2020.10.71-72
Abstract
The use of any new assisted reproductive technology related to the manipulation of human sex cells and embryos will inevitably be controversial from an ethical point of view. This technology is mitochondrial replacement, which allows a woman suffering from mitochondrial dysfunction to give birth to a healthy child.
About the Author
E. V. Vvedenskaya
Institute of scientific information on social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Vvedenskaya E.V. Ethical problems of mitochondrial replacement. Medical Genetics. 2020;19(10):71-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25557/2073-7998.2020.10.71-72
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