Cloning technique that fixes mitochondrial genes could treat genetic diseases

Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

U.S. researchers have used a controversial cloning technique to make new, healthy, perfectly matched stem cells from the skin of patients with mitochondrial diseases in a first step toward treatment for these incurable, life-threatening conditions.

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