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Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 A public consultation has been launched to discuss the ethics of : using three people to create one baby.... hocked: Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 The technique could be used to prevent ; debilitating and fatal "mitochondrial" diseases, which are passed down only from mother to child... Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 Mitochondria are passed on from the mother's egg to the child - the father does not pass on mitochondria through his sperm. Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 In the severest cases the cells of the body are starved of energy. It can lead to muscle weakness, blindness, heart failure : and in some cases can be fatal. ::redface:: Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 However, the resulting baby would contain genetic information from three people - two parents and a donor woman. :wink: Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 1) Two embryos are fertilised with sperm creating an embryo from the intended parents and another from the donors. 2) The pronuclei, which contain genetic information, are removed from both embryos but only the parents' is kept 3) A healthy embryo is created by adding the parents' pronuclei to the donor embryo, which is finally implanted into the womb Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 Step 1. Eggs from a mother with damaged mitochondria and a donor with healthy mitochondria are collected. Step 2. The majority of the genetic material is removed from both eggs. Step 3. The mother's genetic material is inserted into the donor egg, which can be fertilised by sperm Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 Voila !! there you have it Girls : Making perfect Babbas !!  :kiss: Re: Genetics Part XV : Eliminating Fault ! - ketchim - 09-18-2012 Imagine IF that had happened say , 50 years ago : NO health issues !