Masahito Tachibana1, Michelle Sparman, Hathaitip Sritanaudomchai

  • 1Oregon National Primate Research Center, USA.

Nature
|August 28, 2009
PubMed
まとめ

ミトコンドリアDNA (mtDNA) 置換療法により,ヒト以外の霊長類の健康な子孫が成功しました. この技術は,核DNAを転送し,ミトコンドリア疾患の伝播を防止します.

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