London, Apr 16 (IANS): Scientists have shown it is possible to stop children from inheriting devastating diseases from their parents.
A British medical team has shown that it is possible to eliminate damaged genes just after fertilisation, in order to prevent diseases, a new born can inherit from his parents, reports express.co.uk.
A team from Newcastle University has taken the important genetic information out of an egg with damaged mitochondria and placed it into a healthy one.
About one in 6,500 children are born with defects in their mitochondria that can cause muscle weakness, blindness and organ failure.