The vote this week in the British Parliament to permit mitochondrial transfer treatments during in vitro fertilization was a watershed moment in the evolution of our species. This procedure allows doctors to replace diseased mitochondria - the powerhouses of our cells - with healthy donor mitochondria in the eggs or early-stage embryos of prospective mothers.
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