UK Scientists Use Three-Parent IVF to Birth Healthy, Disease-Free Babies
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UK scientists successfully used a three-parent IVF technique called Mitochondrial Donation Treatment to deliver eight healthy babies free from severe mitochondrial diseases, raising both hope and ethical questions about genetic intervention.
Topics:health#ethical-debates#genetic-engineering#health#ivf#mitochondrial-diseases#three-parent-baby
- “They Were Born Disease-Free”: UK Scientists Use Three-Parent IVF to Deliver 8 Healthy Babies and Eliminate Deadly Genetic Disorders Rude Baguette
- Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF MIT Technology Review
- Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease BBC
- The babies born with DNA from three parents – podcast The Guardian
- How a third parent's DNA can prevent an inherited disease NPR
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