UK to debate law to allow for three-parent babies

Britain could become the first country in the world to permit babies to be born with three genetic parents by the end of next year.

UK to debate law to allow for three-parent babies

Britain could become the first country in the world to permit babies to be born with three genetic parents by the end of next year.

A landmark decision by the Department of Health opens the door to controversial treatments for inherited diseases that make use of donated DNA from a second donor “mother”.

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