IVF: third-parent mitochondria 'don't make us who we are' - video

Friday, 28 Jun 2013

# Fertility problems

# Human biology

# Medical research

England's chief medical officer speaks in support of plans to allow IVF treatment involving three donor parents. Dame Sally Davies says the use of snippets of DNA from a second woman will have no impact on character or appearance. The government is pushing ahead with initial plans for the treatment, which doctors hope can be used to prevent major childhood disease

Friday, 28 Jun 2013

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