The first babies to be created using a "three-parent" method to overcome their parents' infertility are due to be born in early 2017. New Scientist has learned that two women in Ukraine are both more than 20 weeks pregnant with fetuses created using the same technique that has been legally approved in the UK. The babies would be the first born to women who had such a procedure to treat infertility, rather than to prevent hereditary disease. But some have criticised this approach, calling for it to be banned until there is more evidence that it is safe.
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