5 h. ago Pioneering IVF technique which created eight healthy babies unveiled by researchers

Watch a demonstration of the pioneering IVF technique that produced eight healthy babies from the DNA of three people.

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5 h. ago People divided as babies born using DNA from 3 people to prevent genetic disease

The technique has been legal in the UK for a decade, but this new development means there's now proof it is leading to children born free of incurable mitochondrial disease

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18 h. ago Eight babies born in UK with DNA from three people to prevent devastating disease

The scientific method, known as mitochondrial donation treatment, is designed to prevent children from being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases that are passed down from their mothers

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19 h. ago IVF technique using DNA from three people sees eight babies born free of hereditary disease

Mitochondrial donation treatment is designed to prevent children being born with devastating diseases

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19 h. ago Groundbreaking IVF technique using DNA from three people sees eight babies born

Mitochondrial donation treatment is designed to prevent children being born with devastating diseases

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19 h. ago Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare diseases to their children

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19 h. ago Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people

Genetic material from mother and father transferred to healthy donor egg to reduce risk of life-threatening diseases‘We’d never heard of it’: a woman tells of her daughter’s death of mitochondrial diseaseDoctors 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 inside cells and provide the power they need to function. Continue reading...

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