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World's First Three-Parent Baby Has Been Born

The world's first three-parent baby has been born in Mexico Fertility doctors used DNA from three di...
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6:42 AM - 28 Sep 2016



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World's First Three-Parent Baby Has Been Born

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:42 AM - 28 Sep 2016



The world's first three-parent baby has been born in Mexico

Fertility doctors used DNA from three different people to create baby Abrahim, who's now 5 months old.

The controversial technique allows people with rare genetic mutations to have healthy babies.

The mother has genes for Leigh syndrome, a fatal disorder that affects the developing nervous system.

Her son was conceived from an egg containing nuclear DNA from his parents, and mitochondrial DNA from a "second" mother, an unknown female donor.



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