A groundbreaking trial in the U.K. has released data on eight babies born through a special IVF procedure to lower their risk ...

Eight babies, born following Mitochondrial Donation treatment to reduce transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease, show no ...

Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common genetic optic neuropathy, is an insidious disease. It often presents ...

Researchers have been developing an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare ...

An experimental technique that patches defective DNA with donated genetic material helped families at risk of passing rare ...

Children born through the three-person technique inherit most of their DNA, their genetic blueprint, from their parents, but ...

Out of 22 women to undergo the treatment at the Newcastle Fertility Centre in northeast England, eight babies were born. The ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

A pioneering reproductive technology reduced the risk of children inheriting disease-causing mutations in mitochondria, researchers reported.

It is a major advance for the technique, called mitochondrial donation therapy, designed to prevent a life-limiting, often ...

An international research team has uncovered a surprising way compartments within cells work together to defend themselves ...

Four girls and four boys were born to seven women to seven women at a high risk of transmitting mutations causing ...