DNA swap could avoid inherited diseases

Experiments in monkeys show how mothers can avoid passing on mitochondrial DNA mutations to their offspring.

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Cyranoski, D. DNA swap could avoid inherited diseases. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.860