Britain moves toward “three-parent” IVF babies

The following is an excerpt.

Britain is set to become the first country in the world to allow a controversial IVF technique that produces embryos with DNA from three people in an attempt to rid some affected families of serious genetic disorders. If Parliament gives the go-ahead, it would mean that Britain would also be the first nation to allow a form of “germ-line gene therapy”, where the DNA of all subsequent generations within a family is changed in order to eradicate inherited diseases.

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Additional Resources:

• “Three-Parent IVF Set to Go Ahead in Britain,” Discover
  Read more about two IVF approaches that scientists are investigating. 
• “Don’t fear babies made with genes from three parents,” New Scientist
  This article discusses three-parent IVF in light of ooplasmic transfer, a technique that also produces a baby with three parents, though this technique is used to get around infertility, not disease.