What is mitochondrial donation? And how might it help people have a healthy baby one day?

By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Catherine Mills, Professor of Bioethics, Monash University
Mary Herbert, Professor, Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University
Molly Johnston, Research fellow, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University

Mitochondrial disease is an inherited condition with a poor prognosis. But a technique using a donated egg can stop this fault passing on to babies.

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