A technique to allow women who carry diseases in their mitochondrial DNA to have healthy children has been performed ...

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

Researchers in the United Kingdom have announced the successful birth of eight babies after a clinical trial of an IVF technique known as mitochondrial donation.

The UK's pioneering licensed IVF technique to reduce the risk of mitochondrial diseases carried out in Newcastle has seen ...

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

In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists in the UK used a three-person in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique to bring to l ...

Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...

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

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.

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

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