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Three-person IVF technique spared children from inherited diseases, scientists say  Reuters Babies from three people’s DNA prevents heriditary disease  BBC Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people  The Guardian How a third parent’s DNA can prevent an inherited disease  NPR Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease  CNN Source link

Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people to prevent the children from inheriting incurable genetic disorders. The mothers were all high risk for passing on life-threatening diseases to their babies due to mutations in their mitochondria, the tiny structures that sit …