Genetic information located within mitochondria, the cell's energy generators, rather than in the nucleus. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited solely through the maternal line, as sperm contribute no mitochondria to the fertilised egg.
How responsive is the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act to the pace of social and technological change? In this comment, Julian Hitchcock contemplates revision of the Act, and how might we optimise its responsiveness to clinical need while upholding standards...
An approach which significantly improves the ability to modify mitochondrial DNA in living cells has been developed by scientists in South Korea...
The Australian Senate has passed a bill which will legalise the clinical use of mitochondrial donation by a vote of 37 votes for to 17 against...
A bill permitting mitochondrial donation has been passed by the Australian House of Representatives...
Sarah Norcross, director of the Progress Educational Trust, invited the audience of the event to consider where assisted reproductive technologies stood 55 years ago...
As a human geneticist I've always been interested in anything DNA-related, whether this is a book, research paper, film, or documentary. I never expected, however, that DNA would be the focus of a semi-documentary/semi-intellectual reality TV show, hosted by Stacey Dooley...
A new study has shown why stem cell transplants, even derived from the patient's own cells can be rejected...
Mitochondria are not as interchangeable as originally thought, with implications for the selection of donors for mitochondrial donation...
A Native American man in Montana has the 'oldest' human DNA in the United States, according to news reports...
A baby conceived via IVF using genetic information from three people has been born to a mother not affected by mitochondrial disease...
