You can apply the creation of babies from a father and a mother

British scientists on November 30 approved the application of IVF to produce babies from one father and two mothers (TPIVF for short), paving the way for England to become the first country. in the world officially allows the application of this special method.

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An independent team of experts evaluated the safety of mitochondrial gene therapy that suggested that TPIVF should be taken carefully to prevent certain genetic diseases that could affect future generations.

The implementation of the TPIVF method is based on the embryo reception of the parents' normal "human" DNA, as well as the reception of a small part of healthy mitochondrial (mADN) donated by a woman, thereby allowing Women who have abnormal disease problems in their mitochondrial genes can still give birth to children with genetic genes but not mitochondrial diseases.

Against the objection, the moral concern is that TPIVF may be the first step for human gene technology and can lead to the birth of children with certain desirable characteristics. , the group of experts stressed that this method would only be allowed to be applied on a case-by-case basis, such as in the case of a genetic disease at risk of death or dangerous disease or in the absence of a suitable replacement. Come on.

The above statement by British scientists has been strongly welcomed by charitable health organizations.

In particular, the head of the British "Muscular Dystrophy" charity, Robert Meadowcroft, said this was "a significant step forward", contributing to about 2,500 women in the UK affected by Mitochondrial disease may have children.

Meanwhile, the faculty of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Lancaster in England said that TPIVF "is still not really perfect" because he predicts that on average, about 30 cases of receiving this treatment can still be a case of childbirth with genetic disease.

In February this year, British MPs voted in favor of the creation of babies under TPIVF method with DNA from a third person .

It is expected that the first woman to be able to receive the TPIVF method is as early as March or April 2017 and the research center in Newcastle City, northeastern England, will be the pioneer place to apply this method./.