Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations

Abstract The prevention of mitochondrial diseases is particularly important due to the lack of specific therapies. Therefore, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) is expected to be a technology to prevent mitochondrial diseases. Admittedly, this technology sparked a lot of controversy and discuss...

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Main Authors: Qifeng Lyu, Weiwei Zou, Taosheng Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-02-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Discovery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ctd2.70010
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spelling doaj-art-cec49f543ac346548a52be8dd17cc2322025-08-20T03:11:06ZengWileyClinical and Translational Discovery2768-06222025-02-0151n/an/a10.1002/ctd2.70010Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectationsQifeng Lyu0Weiwei Zou1Taosheng Huang2Department of Assisted ReproductionShanghai Ninth People's HospitalShanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineShanghaiChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and GynecologyReproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical UniversityHefeiChinaInstitute of Medical Genetics & Genomics (iMGG)Fudan UniversityShanghaiChinaAbstract The prevention of mitochondrial diseases is particularly important due to the lack of specific therapies. Therefore, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) is expected to be a technology to prevent mitochondrial diseases. Admittedly, this technology sparked a lot of controversy and discussion. In this article, we review the recent advances in MRT, discuss its safety and ethical issues, and finally explore its potential to completely block the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases.https://doi.org/10.1002/ctd2.70010mitochondrial diseasesmitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT)mtDNA
spellingShingle Qifeng Lyu
Weiwei Zou
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Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
Clinical and Translational Discovery
mitochondrial diseases
mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT)
mtDNA
title Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
title_full Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
title_fullStr Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
title_full_unstemmed Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
title_short Recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
title_sort recent advances in mitochondrial replacement therapy and its future expectations
topic mitochondrial diseases
mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT)
mtDNA
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ctd2.70010
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