Baby of three born in Greece

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Specialist fertility doctors in Greece and Spain claim that they gave birth to a baby of three in order to defeat female infertility.

The baby was born Tuesday, weighing 2.9 kg. It is said that the mother and the child are in good health.

Doctors say that they "make medical history", which could help infertile couples around the world.

However, some British experts believe that the procedure raises ethical issues and should not have been put in place.

The experimental form of IVF uses a mother's egg, the father's sperm and another of the donor.

It has been developed to help families affected by deadly mitochondria-related diseases, pbaded from mother to baby.

This was only tried in one case – a Jordanian family – which caused a lot of controversy.

But some fertility doctors believe that the technology could also increase the chances of IVF.

Everything is a matter of mitochondria – these are the tiny compartments inside of almost every cell in the body that convert food into usable energy.

They are defective in mitochondrial diseases. Therefore, the combination of the mother's DNA and the mitochondria of the donor could prevent the disease.

But there is also the speculation that mitochondria could also play in successful pregnancy. This claim has not been tested.

The patient was a 32-year-old woman in Greece who had undergone four unsuccessful IVF cycles.

She is now a mother, but her son has only a tiny part of his genetic makeup from the donor woman because the mitochondria have their own DNA.

The structure of a cell

Core: Where is the majority of our DNA – it determines our appearance and our personality

mitochondria: Often described as the factories of the cell, these create the energy necessary for the functioning of the cell.

Cytoplasm: Jelly as a substance that contains the nucleus and mitochondria

Dr. Panagiotis Psathas, president of the Institute of Life in Athens, said: "The inalienable right of a woman to become a mother with her own genetic material has become a reality.

"We are very proud to announce an international innovation in the field of badisted human reproduction and we are now able to allow women with multiple IVF failures or rare mitochondrial genetic diseases to have a child in childbirth. healthy."

The Greek team was working with the Spanish center Embryotools, which announced that 24 more women would participate in the trial and that eight embryos would be ready to be implanted.

In February 2018, doctors in Newcastle, pioneers of technology, were granted permission to create the first three-person babies in the UK.

The fertility regulator has approved two attempts, both in families with rare mitochondrial diseases.

Some British doctors have argued that both applications – prevention of fertility and diseases – are very different morally.

Tim Child, of Oxford University and Medical Director of The Fertility Partnership, said: "I am afraid that it is not proven that the patient needs her genetic material to be removed from her eggs and transferred into the eggs of a donor.

"The risks of the technique are not fully known, although they may be considered acceptable if they are used to treat a mitochondrial disease, but not in this situation.

"The patient may have conceived even though another standard IVF cycle had been used."

Dr. Beth Thompson of the Wellcome Trust said: "UK regulation relies on strong public engagement and scientific evidence and carefully weighs the risks and benefits.

"We are proud to support the first UK study on the use of mitochondrial donation techniques in a well-regulated environment, but we are concerned that studies have been conducted without a similar level of supervision."