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Freeing human eggs of mutant mitochondria

Transmission of mitochondrial diseases from mother to offspring could be prevented.

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Katsnelson, A. Freeing human eggs of mutant mitochondria. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.180

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