Mitochondrial donation: how an IVF procedure could help Australian families ‘break the genetic chain’

A bill before parliament would legalise the process that uses a donor egg so carriers of mito can reduce the risk when starting a family

My brother Michael was born in April 1998. He didn’t live long enough for me to meet him.

“When he was born, he wasn’t putting on any weight,” my mother tells me. “We kept persevering with breastfeeding, and tried formulas. But nothing was working.”

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