This film documents the PET event 'Mitochondrial Donation: Does It Work? What Next?', supported by the Adelphi Genetics Forum, the British Fertility Society, CooperSurgical and the Senior Infertility Nurse Group.
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:01:12 | Professor Mary Herbert Professor of Reproductive Biology, Monash University |
| 0:18:35 | Professor Sir Doug Turnbull Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Newcastle University |
| 0:40:31 | Liz Curtis Chief Executive, Lily Foundation |
| 0:54:41 | Professor Catherine Mills Patient and Community Engagement Lead, mitoHOPE |
| Discussion | |
| 1:09:24 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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