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Mitochondrial Donation: Does It Work? What Next?

This Progress Educational Trust event is about the use of mitochondrial donation to avoid mitochondrial disease, with speakers including two of the pioneers whose work has resulted in the birth of eight UK babies with donated mitochondria. More details in the description below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ This event was held online on 8 October 2025, and was produced by the Progress Educational Trust (https://www.progress.org.uk/) with the support of the Aldephi Genetics Forum (https://www.adelphigenetics.org/), the British Fertility Society (https://www.britishfertilitysociety.o..., CooperSurgical (https://www.coopersurgical.com/) and the Senior Infertility Nurse Group (https://singuk.co.uk/). INTRODUCTION • 0:00:00 – Sarah Norcross (Director of the Progress Educational Trust) PRESENTATIONS • 0:01:12 – Professor Mary Herbert (Professor of Reproductive Biology at Monash University, and pioneer of mitochondrial donation) • 0:18:35 – Professor Sir Doug Turnbull (Emeritus Professor of Neurology at Newcastle University, and pioneer of mitochondrial donation) • 0:40:31 – Liz Curtis (established the Lily Foundation after losing her daughter to mitochondrial disease) • 0:54:41 – Professor Catherine Mills (Patient and Community Engagement Lead at the mitoHOPE pilot programme for mitochondrial donation in Australia) DISCUSSION • 1:09:24– Q&A chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of the Progress Educational Trust) 🎥 The recording of this event was made by Video Production Edinburgh (https://videoproductionedinburgh.co.uk/) ▪️▪️▪️ Image in video thumbnail by Ezequiel Miron/University of Oxford, via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the misreplication of DNA in a human fetal lung fibroblast nucleus (super-resolution optical micrograph of DNA stain acquired with a 3D structured illumination microscope). Original image at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... Image used under a CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons license. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...