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 World’s first baby born from new procedure using DNA of three people

The world’s first baby to be born from a new procedure that combines
the DNA of three people appears to be healthy, according to doctors in
the US who oversaw the treatment.

The baby was born on 6 April after his Jordanian parents traveled to
Mexico where they were cared for by US fertility specialists.

Doctors led by John Zhang, from the New Hope Fertility Center in New
York, decided to attempt the controversial procedure of mitochondrial
transfer in the hope that it would give the couple a healthy child.

While many experts welcomed news of the birth, some raised concerns
that the doctors had left the US to perform the procedure beyond the
reach of any regulatory framework and without publishing details of the
treatment.

Speaking to the New Scientist,
Zhang said he went to Mexico where “there are no rules” and insisted
that doing so was right. “To save lives is the ethical thing to do,” he
said.

Dr John Zhang with the world’s first baby born using DNA from three people. The baby is reported to be healthy.
Photograph: New Hope Fertility Center