Wednesday 4 March 2015

Three cheers for three-person embryos

On February 3 2015, the UK made history when MPs approved the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015, with 382 in the House of Commons voting in favour and 128 against.  This meant that, in principle, they supported the creation of ‘three-person embryos’ through mitochondrial donation.