Thursday, April 15, 2010

Scientists Reveal Gene-Swapping Technique To Thwart Inherited Diseases

Fertility treatment in action.
Photograph: Zephyr/SPL/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF


From The Guardian:

Transfer of healthy material from fertilised to donated eggs could stop women passing on incurable illnesses

Scientists today offered new hope for women at risk of passing on certain inherited diseases to their children, in the form of a pioneering technique to move healthy genetic material from fertilised eggs into donated ones.

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