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Mitochondrial replacement therapy
Maeve's Law was passed by the Australian Parliament, legalising MRT under a specified mitochondrial donation licence for research, training, and clinical settings.
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| June 2020 |
Mitochondrial replacement therapy
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council issued two reports on legalising MRT.
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| January 2019 |
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By this date, the HFEA had received 15 requests for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy, with 14 requests granted.
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| January 2019 |
Mitochondrial replacement therapy
It was reported that seven babies had been born using MRT, with approval from an ethical committee and review board in Ukraine.
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| January 2019 |
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Embryotools in Barcelona, Spain announced a 32-year-old Greek woman became pregnant using spindle transfer technique, performed in Greece due to MRT being illegal in Spain, with support from the Institute of Life in Athens.
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| 2018 |
Mitochondrial replacement therapy
Researchers announced the use of MRT to restore function to heart tissue in cardiac-compromised newborns by extracting healthy mitochondria.
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| 2018 |
Mitochondrial replacement therapy
Carl Zimmer drew a comparative analysis between the reactions to He Jiankui's human gene editing experiment and the ongoing debate over mitochondrial replacement therapy.
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| July 2018 |
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Australian Senate endorsed MRT, with research and clinical applications overseen by federal and state government laws.
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| June 2018 |
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Australian Senate's Community Affairs References Committee recommended moving towards legalising Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT).
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| June 2018 |
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Valery Zukin from the Nadiya clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine, reported using pronuclear transfer MRT method to help four women give birth (three boys and a girl) and three additional women become pregnant, with 14 failed attempts previously.
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| October 2017 |
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The British HFEA continued to authorize MRT for women with specific genetic mitochondrial mutations.
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| August 2017 |
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The British HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) authorized MRT for two women with genetic mitochondrial mutations causing myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers.
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| August 2017 |
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The FDA issued a warning letter to two clinics, including Zhang's, stating that the MRT technique should not be marketed in the United States.
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| August 2017 |
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The HFEA began receiving requests from women to undergo Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy.
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| March 2017 |
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HFEA granted its first license for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy to Newcastle Fertility Centre, led by Dr Jane Stewart.
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| January 2017 |
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A first mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) child, a boy, was born to a 34-year-old woman, with genetic test results reported as normal.
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| 2016 |
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Douglass Turnbull, the driving force behind mitochondrial research at Newcastle University, was awarded a knighthood.
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| 2016 |
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John Zhang and a mixed team of scientists from Mexico and New York used spindle transfer technique to help a Jordanian woman give birth to a baby boy, where the mother had Leigh disease and previously experienced four miscarriages and two children's deaths from the disease.
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| 2016 |
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UK regulatory authority published official regulations for mitochondrial donation, completing the legal framework for the procedure.
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| December 2016 |
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The HFEA issued regulations for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy.
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| November 2016 |
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The HFEA Safety Committee issued its fourth report recommending procedures for authorizing Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT).
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| February 3 2016 |
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The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued a report commissioned by the FDA, concluding that mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRT) are 'ethically permissible' under certain conditions.
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| October 29 2015 |
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Parliament passed the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations, making human mitochondrial donation legal in the UK.
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| 2013 |
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UK government recommended that mitochondrial donation be legalized after extensive research, scientific review, and public consultations.
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| July 2011 |
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The independent committee's report recommended that existing legislation remain unchanged.
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| 2010 |
Mitochondrial replacement therapy
Hon. Mark Butler MP appointed an independent committee to review the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002.
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