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Mitochondrial replacement techniques, scientific tourism, and the global politics of science
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The United Kingdom is the first and so far only country to pass explicit legislation allowing for the licensed use of the new reproductive technology known as mitochondrial replacement therapy. The techniques used in this technology may prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA diseases, but they are controversial because they involve the manipulation of oocytes or embryos and the transfer of genetic material. Some commentators have even suggested that MRT constitutes germline genome modi...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Hastings Center Report Journal website
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 7-9
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-16
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1552-146X
- ISSN:
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0093-0334
- Pmid:
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28940343
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- English
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- pubs:913948
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- 2019-06-27
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- Chan, S et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 The Authors. The Hastings Center Report published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Hastings Center. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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