Three is the magic number (Image: Atomara/Plainpicture)
Editorial: “Don’t fear babies made with genes from three parents“
Three-parent babies could soon become a fact of life. The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) advised the government today that it should legalise controversial new IVF techniques designed to prevent mitochondrial disease. If the government follows the advice, it will eventually lead to the birth of children with genes from three parents.
The new techniques have been developed to prevent devastating mitochondrial diseases, which affect thousands of people. Around 5000 adults in the UK have some type of mitochondrial disease. Mitochondria…
