Researchers Announce Babies Born from a Trial of Three-Person IVF

July 16, 2025

image of an oocyte being fertilized with a needle

(MIT Technology Review) – Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA from three people: the two biological parents plus a third person who supplies healthy mitochondrial DNA. The babies were born to mothers who carry genes for mitochondrial diseases and risked passing on severe disorders. The eight babies are healthy, say the researchers behind the trial. (Read More)