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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Doctors have been given permission to create the UK's first "three-parent" or "three-person" babies [bbc.com] 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 [newscientist.com].

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

Related: First Human Embryo Editing Performed in the UK [soylentnews.org]

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