Mitochondrial replacement therapy, also called mitochondrial donation, replaces the mitochondria in one or more cells to prevent or treat disease. It began as a form of in vitro fertilization in which some or all of a future child mitochondrial DNA comes from a third party donor, used when a mother carries genes for mitochondrial disease, and it is approved for clinical use in the United Kingdom and Australia, where several babies have been born using the technique. A second application uses a patient own mitochondria to replace damaged mitochondria in injured tissue, including in clinical research treating newborns with heart damage in the United States.
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Mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), sometimes called mitochondrial donation, is the replacement of mitochondria in one or more cells to prevent or ameliorate disease.
Treats: Mitochondrial disease, In vitro fertilisation
Mitochondrial replacement therapy has been used to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial diseases from mother to child.
In Group: Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Treatment, Introduction
Mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), sometimes called mitochondrial donation, is the replacement of mitochondria in one or more cells to prevent or ameliorate disease.
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