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**Anckzxik** · 04-15-2010, 02:35 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8619533.stm

background:

Embryos containing DNA from a man and two women have been created by scientists at Newcastle University.
They say their research, published in the journal Nature, has the potential to help mothers with rare genetic disorders have healthy children. Note that this technique is not yet permitted to be used.

This however is not the reason for making this thread. My question is relating to the following:

Sharon Bernardi, aged 44, from Sunderland, inherited mitochondrial disease from her mother. The condition has claimed the lives of six of her children, all of them dying within a few days of birth.
Her only surviving child, Edward, who is 20, suffers from a serious mitochondrial disease and needs constant care. Six? Selfish? Discuss.....

04-15-2010, 02:35 AM	#1
Anckzxik Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Is this selfish? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8619533.stm background: Embryos containing DNA from a man and two women have been created by scientists at Newcastle University. They say their research, published in the journal Nature, has the potential to help mothers with rare genetic disorders have healthy children. Note that this technique is not yet permitted to be used. This however is not the reason for making this thread. My question is relating to the following: Sharon Bernardi, aged 44, from Sunderland, inherited mitochondrial disease from her mother. The condition has claimed the lives of six of her children, all of them dying within a few days of birth. Her only surviving child, Edward, who is 20, suffers from a serious mitochondrial disease and needs constant care. Six? Selfish? Discuss.....
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