Baby boy with DNA from 3 people offers hope for moms who would pass on deadly genetic diseases

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 17:41 in Biology & Nature

A healthy baby boy is the first person to be born with DNA from three people, according to a medical report released Tuesday. In addition to inheriting nuclear DNA from his mother and father, the infant also has mitochondrial DNA from a second woman who served as an egg donor. Mitochondrial DNA...

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