1 baby, 3 genetic ‘parents’ — is this the future?

Jul 25, 2025 | 08:55 IST

We don’t choose what we inherit. But what if some of the painful parts were not passed on at all? That's what a team of UK doctors has worked out

Creating a baby with DNA from three people. It sounds futuristic, maybe even dystopic — but it could offer a way out of a class of devastating genetic diseases that affects 1 in 5,000 across the world.

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1 baby, 3 genetic ‘parents’ — is this the future?

We don’t choose what we inherit. But what if some of the painful parts were not passed on at all? That's what a team of UK doctors has worked out

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1 baby, 3 genetic ‘parents’ — is this the future?

We don’t choose what we inherit. But what if some of the painful parts were not passed on at all? That's what a team of UK doctors has worked out

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