Mitochondrial replacement techniques : ethical, social, and policy considerations /

Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases from mother to child. While MRTs, if effective, could satisfy a desire of women seeking to have a genetically related child without the risk of passing on mtDNA disease, the tec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Claiborne, Anne B. (Editor), English, Rebecca A. (Editor), Kahn, Jeffrey P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2016]
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Reproductive technology > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Reproductive technology > Government policy > United States.
Mitochondrial DNA > Abnormalities > United States.
Mitochondrial pathology > United States.
Medical ethics > United States.
Mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy > ethics
Mitochondrial Diseases > prevention & control
DNA, Mitochondrial
Reproduction > Innovations > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Reproduction > Innovations > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Maladies mitochondriales > États-Unis.
Éthique médicale > États-Unis.
ADN mitochondrial.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Mitochondrial DNA
Medical ethics
Mitochondrial DNA > Abnormalities
Mitochondrial pathology
Reproductive technology > Moral and ethical aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Science and policy context
  • Do ethical, social, and policy considerations preclude MRT?
  • Regulation and oversight of MRT in humans.

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