The procedure aims to prevent harmful mutations passing from the biological mother to her child. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Doctors in the UK have delivered a baby with DNA from three people using a special in-vitro fertilisation technique.It uses tissue from the eggs of healthy female donors to create IVF embryos that would be devoid of harmful mutations a mother may potentially pass on to her child.
Humans inherit all their mitochondria from their mothers. This means that a woman’s harmful mutations can affect all the children she has.Some babies may be born healthy because they inherit only a minimal amount of the mutated mitochondria. The reason for this phenomenon remains unclear, said Dr Dagan Wells, professor of reproductive genetics at the University of Oxford who took part in the research.
As of late April 2023, the number of births was “less than five”, the regulator said. No other details were provided.
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