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‘Three-parent baby’ boy healthy so far

Three other embryos created by technique had wrong chromosome count

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SO FAR, SO GOOD  Doctors say an infant boy, born in April as the result of a  “three-parent baby” technique, is doing well and shows no signs of having inherited a fatal mitochondrial disease from his mother.

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By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

New details about a baby boy born with genetic material from his mother, his father and a female donor show the promise and drawbacks of a technique used to produce a “three-parent baby.”