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TECHNOLOGY In vitro fertilization to treat said disease, which are passed from mother to child through defective mitochondria in the cytoplasm in the egg cell.
In current approaches to treat the diseases, the cytoplasm of the affected egg is replaced with that from a donor egg. As a result, all children inherit the donor's mitochondrial genes, with daughters passing that DNA to their children. It's an example of technology that brings about genetic change & that was not fully anticipated
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AUTHOR of observations: Chapman Audrey R. (AAAS)

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