[b]. MPs say yes to three-person babies.

By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website, 3 February, 2015.

In an historic move, MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man.The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.

In a free vote in the Commons, 382 MPs were in favour and 128 against the technique that stops genetic diseases being passed from mother to child. During the debate, ministers said the technique was "light at the end of a dark tunnel" for families. Proponents said the backing was "good news for progressive medicine".

The Chief Medical Officer Prof Dame Sally Davies said a yes vote would put the UK at the forefront of scientific development. A further vote is required in the House of Lords. It everything goes ahead then the first such baby could be born next year.
Critics say they will continue to fight against the technique that they say raises too many ethical and safety concerns
.Life-saving- The technique, which was developed in Newcastle, should help women like Sharon Bernardi, from Sunderland, wholost all seven of her childrento mitochondrial disease.

1) Two eggs are fertilised with sperm, creating an embryo from the intended parents and another from the donors
2) The pronuclei, which contain genetic information, are removed from both embryos but only the parents' are kept
3) A healthy embryo is created by addingthe parents' pronuclei to the donor embryo, which is finally implanted into the womb.


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SAFETY CONCERNS

A review by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, as well as a public consultation by the fertility regulator, argued the creation of three-person babies was ethical.
Three scientific reviews by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) suggest the technique is "not unsafe".Yet some scientists argue those reviews were flawed.
Dr Ted Morrow, from the University of Sussex, believes there are still uncertainties."I have some concerns about the safety, I'm really not happy that the reviews have been as exemplary as other people think they are."Prof Lisa Jardine, former chair of the HFEA, said the safety issue was a "red herring"."All of those issues have been investigated," she said. "The scientific committees have said there is no evidence this procedure is unsafe but likeall good scientists, they say it will requirecareful progress."Bishop of Swindon Dr Lee Rayfield said this procedure was a "massive step" andsome of his colleagues were concerned about how it was going to be regulated once approved."If the safeguards are there, the Church of England will be behind this," he added.Rachel Kean, whose aunt died from mitochondrial disease, told BBC Breakfast that a yes vote would "prevent some of the cruellest and most devastating diseases, not just for the next generation but generations after". She said there had been an"unprecedented" amount of scrutiny into the regulation and a lot of misinformation about "designer babies". If politicians vote it through, then the HFEA is expected to give Newcastle a licence to carry out the procedure.

The first attempt could take place this year, which could lead to the first birth in 2016.


Source: http://m.bbc.com/news/health-31069173

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