LadyStanley
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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/09/27/baby-born-dna-3-people-controversial-technique/
Mom, dad, egg donor.
Not approved for use in US.
The mother carries DNA that could have given her child Leigh syndrome, a severe neurological disorder that usually kills within a few years of birth. Her two previous children died of the disease at 8 months and 6 years, the research summary said.
The technique involved removing some of the mother’s DNA from an egg, and leaving the disease-causing DNA behind. The healthy DNA was slipped into a donor’s egg, which was then fertilized. As a result, the baby inherited DNA from both parents and the egg donor.
The technique is sometimes said to produce “three-parent babies,†but the DNA contribution from the egg donor is very small.
Mom, dad, egg donor.
Not approved for use in US.