Babies from three people's DNA prevents [a] heriditary disease (www.bbc.com)

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 8 points 4 days ago

They use an egg of a donor, which is stripped of the nucleus, and inject the nucleus of the mother there to conduct IVF. The goal is to use the donor's mitochondria and avoid a mitochondrial DNA genetic disease to be inherited from the mom.

So the title is technically correct, in a clickbaity sort of way.

[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

So the egg is from person A, the nucleus from person B, and I'm guessing the sperm would be person C?

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Aye.

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