The Future of Three-Parent Babies in the UK

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The Future of Three-Parent Babies in the UK
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The IVF procedure known as mitochondrial donation therapy (MDT) could prevent children from being born with mitochondrial diseases. Prof Darren Griffin explains how MDT works, the ethical considerations attached, and what techniques like it could mean for the future of reproduction. The first UK baby born with DNA from three people was a result of MDT.

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