BABIES MADE USING THREE PEOPLE'S DNA ARE BORN FREE OF HEREDITARY DISEASE
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✍️ Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal mitochondrial diseases.
👉 Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent mitochondrial diseases. 👉 The technique combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman. 👉 The babies were born free of mitochondrial disease and met their expected developmental milestones. 👉 The technique has been legal in the UK for a decade and has led to four boys and four girls being born, including one pair of twins, and one ongoing pregnancy.
-- #ProfBobbyMcFarland #ProfMaryHerbert #ProfSirDougTurnball #Kat #Lily #Poppy #LizCurtis #UK #Newcastle #NewcastleUniversity #NewcastleuponTyneHospitalsNHSFoundationTrust #health
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