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How ‘three-parent babies’ might change the human population’s future

How ‘three-parent babies’ might change the human population’s future

Genetic medicine is already booming, with tiny edits to human DNA proving life-changing.

Harry de Quetteville

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We don’t know their names, the so-called “three-parent babies”, perhaps as many as five, who, it was reported last week, have been delivered at the world-leading Newcastle Fertility Centre in the UK.

Genetic testing of newborns is routine but genetic manipulation before birth promises to eliminate some diseases. iStock

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