Three-Person IVF Gets UK Government Backing

The UK government has backed three-person IVF, i.e. creating babies using DNA from three people. The UK government said the procedure will probably be available in 2015 after draft regulations have been produced. Current IVF techniques leave some babies open to potentially disabling and sometimes life-threatening mitochondrial diseases, which are inherited from the mother. Opponents question why couples who are concerned about inherited mitochondrial diseases do not use egg donors instead... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..