Scientists create three-parent embryos

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By Ben Hirschler

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have created human embryos with three parents in a development they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases within five years.

Researchers from Newcastle University, in northern England, presented their findings at a medical conference at the weekend, a university spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

The IVF, or test-tube, embryos were created using DNA from one man and two women.

The idea is to prevent women with faults in their mitochondrial DNA passing diseases on to their children. Around one in 5,000 children suffer from mitochondrial diseases, which can include fatal liver, heart and brain disorders, deafness, muscular problems and forms of epilepsy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL0516465820080205

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1. Oh Oh... The Pro-Blah Blahs are Gonna Hate This One

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2. And they'll love it.

If you're going to have a 3 parent embroyo, do it the godly old-fashioned way...in a normal threesome.

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3. Mormon?

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4. Sounds like it will make a great sitcom, won't it?

"Your Two Mamas and Me"

[Ian David]

5. They can also make sperm from a woman's bone marrow now.

Sperm made from human bone marrow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6547675.stm