Dr. Francoise Shenfield

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  "The proportion of genes in the mitochondria is infinitesimal," said Francoise Shenfield, a fertility expert with the European Society of Human Fertility and Reproduction.Shenfield is not connected to the Newcastle University Research.
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  Shenfield said that further tests to assess the safety and efficacy of the process were necessary before it could be offered as a potential treatment.

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  "If successful, this research could give families who might otherwise have a bleak future a chance to avoid some very grave diseases," said Francoise Shenfield, a fertility expert with the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.Shenfield was not connected to the Newcastle University research.
  
  Similar experiments have been conducted in animals in Japan, and has already led to the birth of healthy mice who had their mitochondria genes corrected.
  
  Shenfield said that further tests to assess the safety and efficacy of the process were necessary before it could be offered as a potential treatment.

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  If successful, this research could give families who might otherwise have a bleak future a chance to avoid some very grave diseases," said Francoise Shenfield, a fertility expert with the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.Shenfield was not connected to the Newcastle University research.Similar experiments have been conducted in animals in Japan, and has already led to the birth of healthy mice who had their mitochondria genes corrected.Shenfield said that further tests to assess th

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  But three leading experts - Professor Peter Braude, ESHRE chairman Professor Joep Geraedts, and Dr Francoise Shenfield, a member of ESHRE's executive committee all signed a statement criticising Dr Gleicher's views.

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  Francoise Shenfield Member of the European Society for Human Reproduction (United Kingdom of GB and NI)

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  Françoise Shenfield, an ethicist at University College London and a former member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, also voiced concerns about where this sort of research was leading.
  
  "I would be very troubled by this not only for ethical reasons but for psychological reasons, because what is the public going to think about where the eggs come from?"Dr Shenfield said.

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  "The proportion of genes in the mitochondria is infinitesimal," said Francoise Shenfield, a fertility expert with the European Society of Human Fertility and Reproduction.Shenfield is not connected to the Newcastle University Research.
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  Shenfield said that further tests to assess the safety and efficacy of the process were necessary before it could be offered as a potential treatment.
  
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  "The proportion of genes in the mitochondria is infinitesimal," said Francoise Shenfield, a fertility expert with the European Society of Human Fertility and Reproduction.Shenfield is not connected to the Newcastle University Research.
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  Shenfield said that further tests to assess the safety and efficacy of the process were necessary before it could be offered as a potential treatment.

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  "It does not deal at all with increased late losses of multiple pregnancy," said the statement signed by Francoise Shenfield of University College, London and Peter Braude of Guy's Hospital in London.
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  Shenfield added in an interview that these kinds of issues highlight the growing ethical problems fertility experts face as the rapid pace of scientific advancement makes so much more possible.
  
  And with an estimated one in six couples worldwide experiencing some form of infertility problem at least once, demand for treatment is rising.
  
  "There is something very particular about ethics in this field because you have to think about the interests of the man and the woman and any future child," Shenfield said.

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  "The proportion of genes in the mitochondria is infinitesimal," said Francoise Shenfield, a fertility expert with the European Society of Human Fertility and Reproduction.Shenfield is not connected to the Newcastle University Research.
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  Shenfield said that further tests to assess the safety and efficacy of the process were necessary before it could be offered as a potential treatment.
  
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