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- Over the last eight months, STAT investigated how MRT is marketed as a fertility treatment for older women, despite scant evidence that it works.
- MRT is the fertility procedure also known as mitochondrial replacement techniques or “three-parent IVF.”
- MRT is illegal in the U.S. but remains accessible through a sprawling for-profit tourism industry connecting women in the U.S. and Europe to clinics abroad.
- STAT is seeking experiences from MRT patients and practitioners to learn how these clinics operate.
Why it matters: For women in the U.S. and Europe seeking fertility treatment, the eight-month STAT investigation centers on a stark mismatch: evidence that MRT works is scant, the procedure is illegal in the U.S., and access runs through a sprawling for-profit overseas clinic market. STAT’s request for first-hand accounts seeks to clarify how those clinics operate.
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