Children with DNA from three parents born in Britain

In Britain, eight children with DNA from three individuals have been born as part of mitochondrial donation therapy. This includes four girls and four boys, including one pair of identical twins.

This procedure was aimed at preventing serious hereditary diseases caused by mutations in mitochondria. The method allows women with a high risk of passing on such diseases to have a child using the mitochondria of a healthy female donor. In this case, 99.98% of the child's DNA comes from the parents, while the remaining 0.02% belongs to the donor.

According to experts, such cases are considered a major breakthrough in preventing maternally inherited diseases. Mitochondrial diseases affect about one in every 5,000 children born in Britain. Read 'Zamin' on Telegram!