Baby Born From Three People's Dna In Uk First

[naomi24]

//A baby has been born using three people's DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed.

Most of their DNA comes from their two parents and around 0.1% from a third, donor woman.

The pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases.

Up to five such babies have been born, but no further details have been released. //

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65538866

The intention is for the best but somehow this doesn't 'sit' quite right. Your thoughts?

[douglas9401]

How much does it cost is my first thought, some things just aren't meant to be, the rest I leave to those who can produce tears on demand for anything involving babies.

I may be on a spectrum.

[bhg481]

It sounds to me like one of those ideas that could be open to abuse and go very wrong.

[youngmafbog]

Sometimes just because you can do it doent mean you should, this is one of those things I believe.

Whilst this is being done with good intentions it will lead to 'designer' babies. Actions like these always have unintended consequences.

And what could go wrong? Well we dont know and wont know for many years will we.

[barry1010]

I can understand people wanting children but not wanting to risk passing on inherited conditions, diseases, disabilities. The yearning for children can be an overwhelming, all-consuming need and I really feel for those that can't become parents for whatever reason.

Nature has a strange way of biting back, it seems. Eradicate one problem and another will pop up. I'm uneasy about it but I really don't understand any possible implications of this new science.

[Old_Geezer]

I don't have an issue with it. It's effectively a correction as the third parent supplies next to nothing save for just enough to avoid a devastating disease. Naturally genes tend to affect more than one aspect of an individual so the individual will need monitoring before the process can be deemed safe and moved into mainstream.