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Friday 28 February 2014

'Three-parent babies' could be born in Britain next year

Britain is set to become the first country in the world to create babies with the DNA of three people after the government set out new draft regulations

Three parent babies could be created by using the DNA of a 'second mother' to fill in defective genetic material in an egg
Three parent babies could be created by using the DNA of a 'second mother' to fill in defective genetic material in an egg Photo: ALAMY

3:30PM GMT 27 Feb 2014

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