Risk identified in procedure for ‘three-parent babies’
Mitochondrial replacement therapy may fail if remnants vigorously replicate

IN WITH THE NEW One technique to replace faulty mitochondria in egg cells has resulted in the birth of a healthy baby boy. The five-month-old is the first “three-parent baby” born using the spindle nuclear transfer procedure.
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