The IVF technique is being used to prevent rare genetic mutations from being passed on from parents to babies.
from the donor’s eggs. The technique is also called mitochondrial donation treatment . The third person, apart from the parents, contributes a total of 0.1 percent to the baby's DNA.Mitochondrial diseases are a group of rare diseases that are genetically transferred from a parent to a child. If contracted, the disease results in a defect in mitochondrial functions, meaning that the cells cannot create enough energy for a body to function properly.
BBC report further talks about the two techniques available for performing mitochondrial donation. One takes place after the father's sperm have fertilized the mother's egg, and the other takes place before . Either way, the changes made to the DNA structure via the procedure will be passed down through generations.The first baby born using this technique was in the U.S. to a Jordanian family in 2016. The 36-year-old woman who gave birth to the baby had Leigh syndrome, a rare inherited neurometabolic disorder that attacks the central nervous system. She had a history of four pregnancy losses and two children who died at eight months and six years from Leigh syndrome.
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