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The next frontier in reproductive tourism? Genetic modification

  • Written by Rosa Castro, Postdoctoral Associate in Science and Society, Duke University
imageHuman oocyte in vitro fertilization.Ziess Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The birth of the first baby born using a technique called mitochondrial replacement, which uses DNA from three people to “correct” an inherited genetic mutation, was announced on Sept. 27.

Mitochondrial replacement or donation allows women who carry mitochondrial...

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