Stephen Wilkinson

Professor of Bioethics, Lancaster University
Mitochondrial replacement is different to changing DNA. Babies by Shutterstock

Decision to allow ‘three-person IVF’ should be welcomed

The decision by British MPs to allow the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to license mitochondrial replacement therapies, popularly known as “three-parent” or “three-person” IVF, should be…
Three person IVF will prevent mitochondrial disease. Sukharevskyy Dmytro/Shutterstock

The ethics of three-person IVF

The UK parliament will soon consider making Britain the first country to allow three-person IVF. The regulations are yet to be approved, but the government is currently backing moves to allow the creation…