Mitochondrial Transfer Therapy as Enhancement Technology

Educational Resource
Author:Racine, Valerie
Abstract:

This case describes the February 2015 decision by the United Kingdom'sParliament to allow human trials of an in vitro fertility (IVF) treatment using mitochondrial transfer technologies. It provides an opportunity for discussion of the ethics of germline gene modification in humans as both therapy and enhancement.

Keywords:
Controversies, Ethics and Society, Human Enhancement, Human Rights
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2017
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/human-enhancement-collection/mitochondrial-transfer-therapy-enhancement-technology
    • Sponsoring Agency:
    NSF
    Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/6be2-a960