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“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 …

Eight babies have been born free of a disease that can lead to terrible suffering and early death, thanks to pioneering scientists in the UK employing a form of genetic engineering that is banned in some countries, including the US and France. Ten years ago, when the government and regulators were considering whether to allow mitochondrial transfer technology, critics warned of “Frankenstein meddling” …

Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the people behind a world-first trial said Wednesday. The findings were hailed as a breakthrough, which raises hopes that women with mutations in their mitochondrial DNA could one day have children without passing debilitating …

8 Healthy ‘Three-Parent’ Babies Born in UK Using Pioneering IVF Technique  Gizmodo Babies made using three people’s DNA are born free of hereditary disease  BBC Three-person IVF technique spared children from inherited diseases, scientists say  Reuters How a third parent’s DNA can prevent an inherited disease  NPR Healthy babies born from DNA of three people to prevent inherited diseases  NBC News Source link

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 …