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

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

Researchers have designed a chemical probe to bind damaged mitochondrial DNA, halting the enzymatic processes that lead to ...

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

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

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

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and chronic inflammation.

Ten years after the UK became the first country to legalize mitochondrial donation, the first results from the use of these ...

Eight UK babies were born healthy using a three-parent technique that combines DNA from three people to prevent rare genetic ...

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of a technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...