‘Three-parent baby’ born: world’s first child with two biological mothers and one biological father
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The baby boy was conceived using a controversial technique.
By Ellen Wallwork
A ‘three-parent baby’ has been born, in a world first for reproductive science.
The five-month-old boy is genetically related to two women and one man.
He was conceived using a controversial technique that incorporates DNA from three people, which was developed with the aim of eliminating inherited diseases.
“To save lives is the ethical thing to do,” embryologist Dr John Zhang, told The New Statesman.
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