[HN Gopher] Babies made using three people's DNA are born free o...
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       Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of mitochondrial
       disease
        
       Author : 1659447091
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-07-16 21:43 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | foxyv wrote:
       | In vivo zygote mitochonrial transplantation. Neat! This is going
       | to add an interesting exception to matrilineal DNA testing in the
       | future.
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       | Another thought, what about three parent households engaging in
       | IVF? Will this be an option to have 3 biological parents
       | regardless of disease? How will we keep records properly? What
       | are the legal consequences? Do mitochondrial parents need to pay
       | child support?
        
       | JLemay wrote:
       | This is such an incredible breakthrough and a huge win for
       | science and families alike, however its sad that despite decades
       | of work there is still no cure for mitochondrial disease. But the
       | chance to preventing it being passed on is still such a major
       | improvement. Also it's sad that only the uk is capable of doing
       | this atm bc it was the first country in the world to introduce
       | laws to allow their creation after a vote in Parliament in 2015,
       | while other countries were debating that it would open the doors
       | to genetically-modified "designer" babies
        
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