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09/04/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

FDA warns doctors: Stop pushing “three parent” fertilization

A controversial fertilization procedure is being banned by the Trump administration for displaying a disgusting lack of respect for a human embryo. Informally known as three-parent IVF, this implantation process destroys two embryos to create a viable egg cell which is then fertilized by a single sperm. The technique was initially created to prevent rare […]

02/14/2017 / By David Gutierrez

Life-threatening risks arise from new DNA-modified “three parent” babies

A controversial new biotechnology technique to produce children with three genetic parents might not actually cure the congenital diseases it’s designed to target, experts have warned — most recently, in a study conducted by researchers from Oregon Health and Science University and published in the journal Nature. The technique in question, popularly known as three-person […]

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