June 17 is celebrated as ' World IVF Day'. A revolutionary IVF-based technique has been introduced that reduces the risk of attenuating genetic disorders from being passed from mother to children. It has been shown from a recent study and has also been proven safe.
Published in the journal Nature, the scientists reported an in-depth analysis of human embryos created using the new technique to reduce the risk of mothers passing on mitochondrial disease to their children, which is often life-limiting. The new technique, called ‘early pronuclear transfer’ , involves transplanting the nuclear DNA from a fertilised egg into a donated egg, which contains healthy mitochondria, on the day of fertilisation. The results of the study involving over 500 eggs from 64 donor women indicate that the new procedure does not adversely affect human development and will reduce the level of faulty…
