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posted by janrinok on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the meet-my-parents,-all-of-them dept.

Doctors have been given permission to create the UK's first "three-parent" or "three-person" babies to mitigate the risk of inheritable mitochondrial diseases:

Doctors have received permission to create the UK's first "three-person" babies for two women at risk of passing inheritable diseases to their children.

The two cases involve women who have mitochondrial diseases, which are passed down by the mother and can prove fatal.

Three-person babies involve an advanced form of IVF that uses a donor egg, the mother's egg and the father's sperm.

Doctors at the Newcastle Fertility Centre will carry out the procedure.

The decision was approved by the UK Fertility Regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

Also at New Scientist.

Previously: Mitochondrial DNA Manipulation and Ethics
Approval for Three-Parent Embryo Trials
Fatal Genetic Conditions Could Return in Some 'Three-Parent' Babies
Baby Girl Born in Ukraine Using Three-Parent Pronuclear Transfer Technique
FDA Warns Doctor Against Marketing Three-Person IVF Technique

Related: First Human Embryo Editing Performed in the UK


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:06AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:06AM (#632329) Journal

    Every nation needs a fertility regulator. If the birthrate falls to low, the regulator turns a couple valves, thereby increasing birthrate. If population grows to quickly, he turns those valves the other way. Sounds like a cool job. Just browse the birth and death rates, and watch for any spikes, make the appropriate adjustments, then sit back and drink a cold one.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:16AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:16AM (#632331)

    I want to have sex for once. Plesse turn the promiscuity valve to "xxxtra slutty".

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:16AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:16AM (#632353) Journal

    Seems like the USA fertility regulator fell asleep at the valves: the the total fertility rate for American women was 1,818 births per 1,000 women [latimes.com]. Also, the age of birth keeps skewing to older ages.

    Also, without immigration, the US working population will shrink by 18millions by 2035 because of the dearth of U.S.-born children with U.S.-born parents [pewresearch.org]

    With that wall and the additional trillion and a half deficit, I'd start to be worried, Runaway, who will pay for your Medicaid once you retire.
    Better wake up that fertility regulator now before it's too late.

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  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday February 04 2018, @05:14AM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Sunday February 04 2018, @05:14AM (#632808) Homepage Journal

    Right now, a number of state laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong. It has to change. 45.wh.gov/UKfGgq [wh.gov]