With mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), the science of 3-parent babies offers hope, but also raises new questions about ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

Eight children were born with DNA from three people to prevent a deadly genetic disease.

Approximately one in 5,000 children is born with mitochondrial mutations each year. Defective mitochondria "leave the body ...

Now, scientists at the University of California, Riverside, may have found a way to halt the damage before it begins. The ...

Scientists at Newcastle University used a new IVF technique that combines a mother’s egg and father’s sperm with a second egg ...

Groundbreaking IVF study reports eight babies born after mitochondrial donation, offering new hope for families affected by ...

Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...

In the UK, eight children have thus far been born using the DNA of three people, a method known as mitochondria donation ...

LONDON - A pioneering IVF technique combining DNA from three people to protect a baby from a rare genetic disease has been ...

However, a gene mutation in the mitocondria's DNA, like the one caused by PolG, ... that starts to point to something fundamental, like a mitochondrial problem," said Yeske.