Consider the following statements about Mitochondrial Gene Therapy (MGT), in the context of UK becoming first country to legalise creation of In-Vitro Fertilisation babies with DNA from three people through MGT. 1. MGT or Mitochondrial donation is a medic

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Q: 2 (Current Affairs-DEC/2016)
Consider the following statements about Mitochondrial Gene Therapy (MGT), in the context of UK becoming first country to legalise creation of In-Vitro Fertilisation babies with DNA from three people through MGT.
1. MGT or Mitochondrial donation is a medical technique in which defective mitochondria carried by a woman is replaced with the healthy mitochondria of a donor.
2. MGT proposes to give parents chance of having a child that is over 99% genetically matched to them and most importantly free of the mitochondrial disease.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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Science

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{'mitochondrial gene therapy': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'mitochondrial donation': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'mitochondrial disease': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'defective mitochondria': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'mgt': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'healthy mitochondria': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'dna': [3, 1, 1, 2], 'donor': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'vitro fertilisation babies': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'parents chance': [0, 0, 0, 1]}