February 16, 2023
Mitochondrial replacement therapy, an in vitro fertilization process that can prevent mitochondrial diseases, is a complex and much debated technology that is currently prohibited in the US
Diana Bowman examines this topic in her new book “Reproduction Reborn: How Science, Ethics, and Law Shape Mitochondrial Replacement Therapies.” In it, she brings together experts in medicine, genetics, ethics, law and policy to explore the challenges of mitochondrial replacement therapy, or MRT, and the role countries have in governing reproduction.
Bowman is a professor in Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, associate dean of applied research…
CAPE TOWN, Feb 9 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national “state of disaster” over his country’s crippling power shortages, saying they posed an existential threat to the economy and social fabric.
The electricity crunch has been years in the making, a product of delays in building new coal-fired power stations, corruption in coal-supply contracts, criminal sabotage and failures to ease up regulation to enable private providers to swiftly bring renewable energy on tap.
“We are in the grip of a profound energy crisis,” Ramaphosa said in his annual State of the…