Modern Watchers To Start With At Least 150 Genetically Modified Babies Per Year, Then Floodgates Will Open
Thousands of women are currently at risk of passing on potentially lethal mitochondrial DNA diseases to their children.
These defects cause serious illness in one in 6,500 babies and are responsible for 50 genetic diseases, many of which kill in infancy. But scientists at Newcastle University have developed a way of swapping the mother-to-be’s diseased mitochondria – the microscopic ‘batteries’ that provide cells with energy – with healthy ones from an egg donated by another woman.
Any child then born would have DNA from two eggs and one sperm – and so effectively have two mothers and one father – although the genetic contribution from the donated egg would be very small.
At least 150 babies a year could benefit from a new technique which would sanction the creation of three-parent children, it emerged last night.
Thousands of women are currently at risk of passing on potentially lethal mitochondrial DNA diseases to their children.
These defects cause serious illness in one in 6,500 babies and are responsible for 50 genetic diseases, many of which kill in infancy.
Brave New World: At least 150 babies a year could benefit from a new technique which would sanction the creation of three-parent children in order to avoid the transmission of lethal genetic diseases
But scientists at Newcastle University have developed a way of swapping the mother-to-be’s diseased mitochondria – the microscopic ‘batteries’ that provide cells with energy – with healthy ones from an egg donated by another woman.
Any child then born would have DNA from two eggs and one sperm – and so effectively have two mothers and one father – although the genetic contribution from the donated egg would be very small.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2930590/150-babies-year-born-three-parent-families-Children-DNA-two-eggs-one-sperm-saved-potentially-lethal-genetic-diseases.html#ixzz3QY5bqFAZ
At least 150 babies a year could benefit from a new technique which would sanction the creation of three-parent children, it emerged last night.
Thousands of women are currently at risk of passing on potentially lethal mitochondrial DNA diseases to their children.
These defects cause serious illness in one in 6,500 babies and are responsible for 50 genetic diseases, many of which kill in infancy.
Brave New World: At least 150 babies a year could benefit from a new technique which would sanction the creation of three-parent children in order to avoid the transmission of lethal genetic diseases
But scientists at Newcastle University have developed a way of swapping the mother-to-be’s diseased mitochondria – the microscopic ‘batteries’ that provide cells with energy – with healthy ones from an egg donated by another woman.
Any child then born would have DNA from two eggs and one sperm – and so effectively have two mothers and one father – although the genetic contribution from the donated egg would be very small.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2930590/150-babies-year-born-three-parent-families-Children-DNA-two-eggs-one-sperm-saved-potentially-lethal-genetic-diseases.html#ixzz3QY5bqFAZ
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