BABIES have been born with DNA from three parents instead of two. They have
been described as the first genetically engineered humans, as the added DNA they
carry could be passed on down the generations.
Â鶹´«Ã½ reported last year that a certain fertility treatment
would spawn babies with DNA from more than two parents
(2 December 2000, p 16).
Now cells from two one-year-old babies born as a result of this treatment have
indeed turned out to have a little extra DNA from a donor mother, as well as
that from their own parents.
Midway through the 1990s,…
