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UK 'interested in three-person IVF'

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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority says that mitochondrial transplantation, sometimes known as three-person IVF, has not yet been demonstrated to be safe.

Dr Evan Harris, the former Liberal Democrat health spokesman, explains his support for the technique.


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