Scientists in Greece and Spain used eggs from two different women to create the baby, born weighing 6lbs on Tuesday.
Fertility doctors say they have produced the world’s first ‘three-person’ baby after an infant was born with DNA from two women.
Doctors believe it could give hope to infertile people around the world who have struggled to get pregnant using standard IVF ‘At the Institute of Life, our commitment is to continue to help even more couples facing fertility issues to have children with their own DNA, without having recourse to egg donors.’
‘I want to thank and congratulate the whole european team that made it possible, and especially the Institute of Life IVF Center.’ They have been implicated as key factors regulating female reproductive processes, so combining the mother’s DNA with a donor’s mitochondria could help prevent disease.Her new baby son has a tiny amount of his genetic makeup from the woman who donated her mitochondria, because the cells carry their own DNA.
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