'3-parent' method used for infertility

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3095, 2016, pág. 6
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The first babies to be created using a "three-parent" method to overcome their parents' infertility are due to be born in early 2017. Two women in Ukraine are both more than 20 weeks pregnant with fetuses created using the same technique that has been legally approved in the UK. The babies would be the first born to women who had such a procedure to treat infertility, rather than to prevent hereditary disease. Using three-parent methods to treat infertility raises ethical questions. If it works, it will dramatically increase the number of prospective parents who could benefit from these methods