This week in UK&I in brief: Ethics council backs ‘three-person IVF’ technology; More small providers to get university title; Wellcome toughens up on open access; Ireland rewards top EU-funded researchers; Northern Ireland innovation strategy in the pipeline; Royal Society launches diversity probe.
Ethics council backs ‘three-person IVF’ technology
IVF technology that uses biological material from three parents to combat mitochondrial disease would be an ethical treatment option when ready for clinical use, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has said. Its report Mitochondrial DNA Disorders follows a six-month inquiry into the ethical issues raised by the new techniques.
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