STAT Seeks Firsthand Accounts of Overseas MRT Clinics — SkimNews
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- STAT spent eight months investigating how MRT is marketed as a fertility treatment for older women.
- MRT is marketed despite scant evidence that it works.
- MRT, also called mitochondrial replacement techniques or “three-parent IVF,” is illegal in the United States.
- MRT is accessible through a sprawling for-profit tourism industry connecting women in the U.S. and Europe to clinics abroad.
- STAT is seeking experiences from patients and practitioners with direct knowledge of how the clinics operate.
Why it matters: For prospective U.S. patients, MRT’s illegality at home contrasts with access through for-profit overseas clinics despite scant evidence of effectiveness; STAT’s eight-month investigation and request for firsthand accounts aim to show how that cross-border market operates for patients and practitioners.
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