Rendered invisible? The absent presence of egg providers in U.K. debates on the acceptability of research and therapy for mitochondrial disease

Monash Bioethics Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 360-378

  Haimes, Erica ^a   Taylor, Ken ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg donors; Germline alteration; Mitochondria; Three genome embryo; UK legislation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIOBANK; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; ENGLAND; ETHICS; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENGLAND; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 85009460886     PISSN: 13212753     EISSN: 18366716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40592-015-0046-7     Document Type: Article

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