This is a huge step towards controlling diseases genetically passed down through families. It is too bad there is so much controversial debate swaying towards calling it another method of creating "designer babies". Read the article and judge for yourself. We would love to hear your thoughts!
Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a "three-parent" IVF technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics see as a step towards creating designer babies.
The treatment is known as "three-parent" in vitro fertilisation (IVF) because the babies, born from genetically modified embryos, would have DNA from a mother, a father and from a female donor.
It is designed to help families with mitochondrial diseases, incurable conditions passed down the maternal line that affect around one in 6,500 children worldwide.
After an emotionally charged 90-minute debate that some lawmakers criticised as being too short for such a serious matter, parliament voted 382 to 128 in favour of the technique, called mitochondrial donation.
The vote paves the way for a medical world first for Britain -- which along with the United States has been at the forefront of scientific research on the treatments -- but one that is fiercely disputed by some religious groups and other critics.Read the full story here: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/02/03/britain-votes-to-allow-world-first-three-parent-ivf-babies/
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