Three-parent IVF technique prevents inherited diseases in babies
TL;DR
Scientists in Britain have successfully used a pioneering IVF technique involving DNA from three individuals to prevent the transmission of a rare mitochondrial disease, resulting in the birth of eight healthy babies, and this approach is now being cautiously monitored for long-term outcomes.
- Scientists use DNA from three people to protect babies from rare disease The Washington Post
- 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
- Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people The Guardian
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