Babies from three people's DNA prevents hereditary disease
The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, often fatal inherited diseases.
Hasnain says:
“Some parents have faced the agony of having multiple children die from these diseases.
Mitochondria are passed down only from mother to child. So this pioneering fertility technique uses both parents and a woman who donates her healthy mitochondria.
The science was developed more than a decade ago at Newcastle University and the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a specialist service opened within the NHS in 2017.”