Misleading title. The technique does not prevent all hereditary disease.
DNA from both parents can be injected into a donor egg, which uses the donor’s mitochondria. This is used to keep a child from inheriting a mitochondrial disease from the mother. These are the specific set of hereditary diseases this technique prevents.
All other hereditary diseases are not prevented by this.
Great explanation - to add a bit more context, this technique (mitochondrial replacement therapy) specifically transfers the nuclear DNA from the mother’s egg to a donor egg with healthy mitichondria, leaving behind the problematic mitochondrial DNA while preserving the vast majority of the parents’ genetic material.
Yeah they should have added “a”
In this instance, I wouldn’t mind editorialising via [a].
Fixed
Bro you posted it. You should have added “a”
English isn’t my first language, I didn’t realise it until someone pointed it out. I fixed it now.
The fixed version is actually the best title on a news article I’ve seen in the last 10 years
It’s common for headlines to leave out articles. It can be read the way intended. Would be nice to include “a,” but not devastating.
Ah the power house of the cell.
What is wrong with that babies toes? There is a huge gap between the big toe and the rest.
Some toe spacing is normal, despite what shoe companies seem to think.
[Looks at own feet]
…y-yeah! What a freak! 👀💧
Probably just normal variation that will pretty much disappear with the wearing of shoes. It could be sandal-gap deformity, but that’s just a wild guess based on a Google search.
Note: This is probably why my veterinarian’s office has a sign that says there will be an additional charge for clients who come in with a diagnosis from Google.
