'Three-parent baby' treatments could be available in the UK as early as next spring
Controversial “three-parent baby” treatments could be introduced in the UK as early as next spring after getting the green light from an independent panel of experts.
Scientists cleared away remaining safety hurdles to recommend “cautious adoption” of mitochondrial replacement therapy for devastating inherited diseases.
Babies born after the treatment would effectively have three genetic parents. A tiny proportion of their DNA would come from their mother, father and a third person, an egg donor.
The aim is to replace abnormal genes in the mitochondria, rod-like power plants in cells that generate energy....
