In Vitro Fertilisation

(asked on 8th January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the experiment involving the use of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients carrying different mitochondrial DNA mutations, recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's expert panel in its publication Scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception, published April 2011, has been concluded; and in which peer-reviewed journal he plans to publish the results of that experiment.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 13th January 2015

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that at the time of writing its 2014 report the Expert Panel, convened by the HFEA, was not aware of results relating to the use of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients carrying different mitochondrial DNA mutations being published in a peer-reviewed journal.

The Department does not routinely publish scientific research conducted independently by others.

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