Bid to delay ‘three parent babies’ through IVF as tests find fears

MPs are to vote on whether UK should become first country to legalise controversial three parent babies Advocates have compared the IVF technique to changing a battery IVF technique involves taking nucleus out of the egg of a mother with faulty mitochondria transferring it into a healthy egg donated by another woman

By Jonathan Petre and Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 18:21 EST, 4 October 2014 | Updated: 07:16 EST, 5 October 2014

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Legislation to allow the birth of babies with genes from three biological parents should be put on hold because it is far riskier than previously thought, scientists warn.

MPs are due to vote on whether the UK should become the first country to legalise controversial three parent babies after Government watchdog the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave it the go-ahead.

Advocates have compared the IVF technique, which involves inserting a small set of genes from a second mother, to changing a battery, saying it had no real impact on the babys core DNA.

Advocates claim the IVF technique, which involves inserting a small set of genes from a second mother, to changing a battery, saying it had no real impact on the babys core DNA (File photo)

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Bid to delay 'three parent babies' through IVF as tests find fears