IVF to prevent mitochondrial diseases
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is supporting the lobby to get the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act amended so that a new technique can be tested in patients. This technique that was developed by researchers we fund in Newcastle, has the potential to stop devastating mitochondrial diseases from being passed down to future generations. Read about the progress here:
http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/research/news/3660_review_calls_for_more_research_into_ivf_technique_for_mitochondrial_diseases