In May 2023, with the approval of the United Kingdom’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the first UK baby was born using a “three-parent embryo” technique, better known as mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT). The process, which has been hailed as a...
Research using skin cells to create sperm and eggs for same-sex couples and the use of third-party mitochondria in the IVF process to prevent mitochondrial diseases is unfortunately nothing new. While the process of reverse engineering cells from tissues and organs...
