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Chinese Experiment Creates Three-Parent Fetuses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-mention-this-to-your-mothers dept.

what_the_frell writes "BBC News is reporting that a foetus has been created from the eggs of two women and the sperm of one man in China. Apparently, none of the three resulting foetuses survived, but it does raise some interesting questions about cloning, and more importantly, 'Who's your Mama?'"

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  1. Re:What is the big deal? by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 2, Informative
    The difference is that the nuclear DNA of the donor egg is that of the infertile couple, not the egg donor.

    The only genetic material from the donor is in the mitochondria; but that doesn't affect the appearance or personality of the baby, so the baby would be for all intents and purposes, that of the infertile couple.

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    -WolfWithoutAClause

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