1st babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people.
Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority said fewer than five babies have been born this way, but no further details have been released to protect the families’ identities. The news was first reported by the Guardian newspaper.
“Mitochondrial donation treatment offers families with severe inherited mitochondrial illness the possiblity of a healthy child,” the U.K. fertility regulator said in a statement Wednesday. The agency said it was still “early days”and was hopeful the scientists involved, at Newcastle University, would soon publish details of the treatment.
Others warn that tweaking the genetic code this way could be a slippery slope that eventually leads to designer babies, where parents not only aim to avoid inherited diseases but also seek taller, stronger, smarter or better-looking children.
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