A2 Z Genetically modifying humans Answer: Insofar as genetically modifying humans prevents harm, it is justifiable. Warrant: Mitochondrial disease causes lifelong diseases. Katnelson, Alla. human eggs of mutant mitochondria.” 14 April 2010. Nature. “Freeing Web. 5 Oct 2014. t>. of principle “Proof As many as 1 in 250 people a potentially disease-causing mitochondrial mutation. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA, when passed down from a mother to her offspring, are linked to diseases causing neurological, muscle and heart problems, as well as deafness and type 2 diabetes. Many people carry a mixture of normal and mutated mitochondrial DNA a proportion of more than 50% or so of — mutant mitochondria is needed to cause disease but the percentage of mutated — mitochondrial DNA that will be transmitted from mother to child is almost impossible to predict, says Thorburn.” Warrant: Genetic modification at can solve these diseases; experiments have shown success. Katnelson, Alla. human eggs of mutant mitochondria.” 14 April 2010. Nature. “Freeing Web. 5 Oct 2014. t>. the nuclear DNA of an affected egg into an unaffected one could provide a “Porting solution for women at high risk of bearing severely affected children, says Douglass Turnbull at Newcastle University, one of the lead authors of the new study. Working with abnormally fertilized eggs unsuitable for IVF for example, those fertilized by — two
A2 Z Genetically modifying humans Answer: Insofar as genetically modifying humans prevents harm, it is justifiable. Warrant: Mitochondrial disease causes lifelong diseases. Katnelson, Alla. “Freeing human eggs of mutant mitochondria.” Nature. 14 April 2010. Web. 5 Oct 2014. t>. “Proof of principle As many as 1 in 250 people a potentially disease-causing mitochondrial mutation. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA, when passed down from a mother to her offspring, are linked to diseases causing neurological, muscle and heart problems, as well as deafness and type 2 diabetes. Many people carry a mixture of normal and mutated mitochondrial DNA — a proportion of more than 50% or so of mutant mitochondria is needed to cause disease — but the percentage of mutated mitochondrial DNA that will be transmitted from mother to child is almost impossible to predict, says Thorburn.” Warrant: Genetic modification at can solve these diseases; experiments have shown success. Katnelson, Alla. “Freeing human eggs of mutant mitochondria.” Nature. 14 April 2010. Web. 5 Oct 2014. t>. “Porting the nuclear DNA of an affected egg into an unaffected one could provide a solution for women at high risk of bearing severely affected children, says Douglass Turnbull at Newcastle University, one of the lead authors of the new study. Working with abnormally fertilized eggs unsuitable for IVF — for example, those fertilized by two
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