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Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
Coverage of Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy in the Nexus archive.
- South Florida couple’s IVF journey leads to overseas fertility procedure
A South Florida couple, Heidy Willis and Josh, underwent multiple failed IVF attempts in the U.S. due to PCOS before traveling to Ukraine and later Albania for mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), a procedure not approved in the U.S. The treatment involved transferring Heidy's DNA into a donor egg to enable biological parenthood.