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Radio Tees,4 mins
New IVF treatment prevents risk of mitochondrial disease
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Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman. Sharon Barbour met one of the mothers, Chloe.
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