Category: HFEA / IVF

UK – HFEA advises Government on necessary safeguards for IVF-based mitochondria replacement

Agency’s public consultation shows broad support The HFEA has agreed its advice to Government on the ethics and science of new IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases. In January 2012, the Government asked the HFEA, with the support of Sciencewise, to seek the public’s views on mitochondria replacement. It also asked for updated …

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