Concise reviews: Assisted reproductive technologies to prevent transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease

Stem Cells

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 639-645

  Richardson, Jessica ^a,b   Irving, Laura ^a,b   Hyslop, Louise A ^a,b   Choudhary, Meenakshi ^b   Murdoch, Alison ^b   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a,c   Herbert, Mary ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Pronuclear transfer; Spindle transfer; Zygote

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INHERITANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MUTATION; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84923263223     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1887     Document Type: Review

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