like his sister before him Joseph Morales young life ended soon after it began because of a severe neurological disease called Lee's syndrome the Windsor Ontario boy died five years ago today his devastating condition is an example of a genetic mutation which affects 1 in 4,000 people who inherited if both parents are recessive carriers but not in the case of an unidentified couple from Jordan who also previously lost two children to Lee's syndrome their son was born in April thanks to the genes of another woman baby and then soybean regular bass and they're so they're so
far everything's good defective genes reside in the mitochondria of a woman's egg cells separate from the nucleus this new technique uses a donor's egg cells with healthy mitochondria it has its nucleus removed and replaced with the mother's nucleus so it's mostly her DNA this genetically modified egg is then fertilized with the father's sperm and implanted in the mother it could mean a new option for parents afraid to have children and there is just so you feel hopeless to those people and that you won't help them but you don't know how to do and they said
when I see this success story and I thinks that I think wait the fertility procedure was performed in Mexico because most countries prohibit altering reproductive cells largely because similar attempts at genetic alterations in the 90s had many problems this particular procedure would be in violation of Canadian law this expert in genetic mutations says our laws weren't designed with this new generation of test-tube babies in mind I think we need to reflect on the original intent of the law passed in 2004 governing reproductive cloning to see if it still fits in light of the ability to
do this procedure and to allow people to have healthy children the medical team working with the couple from Jordan is expected to release its findings next month most countries will still need more research before allow three parent fertility treatments except for britain which approved the procedure last year Vica topia CBC News Toronto
