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On Tuesday, a couple gave birth<\/a> to what researchers are calling a “three-parent baby” — giving new hope to infertile couples across the globe.<\/p> After four cycles of in vitro fertilization failed to result in a pregnancy, the Greek couple enrolled in a clinical trial for mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) — meaning doctors placed the nucleus from the mother’s egg into a donor egg that had its nucleus removed. Then they fertilized the egg with sperm from the father and implanted it into the mother<\/a>.<\/p> Due to this procedure, the six-pound baby boy has DNA from both his mother and father, as well as a tiny bit from the woman who donated the egg.<\/p> The Greek baby wasn’t the first “three-parent baby” born after his parents underwent MRT — that honor goes to the offspring of a Jordanian woman<\/a> who gave birth in 2016.<\/p> However, in her case and others that followed it<\/a>, doctors used the technique to prevent a baby from inheriting a parent’s genetic defect. This marked the first time a couple used MRT as part of a clinical trial to treat infertility.<\/p> “Our excellent collaboration and this exceptional result will help countless women to realise their dream of becoming mothers with their own genetic material,” Nuno Costa-Borges, co-founder of Embryotools, one of the companies behind the trial, said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Baby with DNA from three people born in Greece<\/a> [The Guardian<\/em>]<\/p> More on three-parent babies:<\/strong> An Infertile Couple Is Now Pregnant With a “Three-Parent Baby”<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Infertile Couple Gives Birth to “Three-Parent Baby”<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more here: Happy Birthday On Tuesday, a couple gave birth to what researchers are calling a \u201cthree-parent baby\u201d \u2014 giving new hope to infertile couples across the globe. After\u00a0four cycles of in vitro fertilization failed to result in a pregnancy, the Greek couple enrolled in a clinical trial for mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0meaning doctors placed the nucleus from the mother\u2019s egg into a donor egg that had its nucleus removed Continue reading Greek Life<\/h2>
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