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Theo Farrant

Healthy babies born in UK using DNA from 3 people to prevent hereditary diseases

In a groundbreaking advance, eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a revolutionary technique that combines DNA from three different people to prevent the inheritance of rare and often fatal genetic diseases.

It’s an innovation made possible by a 2016 change in British law. Though banned in the United States and many other countries, the technique is also permitted in Australia.

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