All eight babies were born healthy and the experimental fertility treatment is to be rolled out more widely.
Another said: “This treatment gave us hope – and then it gave us our baby. We’re overwhelmed with gratitude. Science gave us a chance.”
Undated handout graphic issued by Newcastle University and the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust of a diagram showing pronuclear transfer. Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a groundbreaking three-person IVF technique to prevent devastating disease, world-first data shows. Photo credit should read: Newcastle University/Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/PA Wire
Newcastle University has used this approach, called mitochondrial donation, on 22 women, leading to eight pregnancies, one of which involved twins. Four girls and four boys have been born so far.
Because mitochondria contain a small amount of DNA, the resulting children have genetic material from three people. But mitochondrial DNA does not affect characteristics like looks or personality.
The findings “give grounds for optimism”, said Professor Mary Herbert, a reproductive biologist who carried out the study at Newcastle University.
Scientific progress led Parliament to change the law in 2015 to permit mitochondrial donation treatment. In 2017, the Newcastle clinic became the first and only national centre licensed to perform it, with the first cases approved in 2018.
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