
Eight healthy babies have been born following mitochondrial transfer, which creates “three-parent” embryos, in the world’s first clinical assessment of the treatment developed to reduce the risk of DNA diseases.
Genetic defects in mitochondrial DNA affect about one baby in 5,000, leading to a wide range of medical problems from muscle atrophy to heart failure and brain disease.
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