Health

Women travel thousands of miles for a reproductive moonshot. Scientists say they’ve been misled

Pioneering IVF technique to reduce the risk of children inheriting mitochondrial diseases is being marketed as a fertility procedure for older women, despite little evidence it works.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 2, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC

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