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In The World—April 19, 2015

By Christy Barritt Britain in Favor of Three-Parent Babies Members of British Parliament voted in favor of a bill that paves the way for the creation of three-parent babies who would contain DNA from two women and one man. Some say this is a way of tackling genetic diseases, while others question the ethics of […]

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In the World — May 11, 2014

By Christy Barritt   FDA Considers Allowing Three-Parent Babies In February, a U.S. advisory board within the Food and Drug Administration met to discuss the possibility of allowing babies to be created from the DNA of three people. Officials said their goal in pursuing this technology was to prevent major genetic diseases from being passed […]