In Ukraine the child was born with genetic material from three parents – RIA Novosti

15:1417.01.2017

(updated: 18:02 17.01.2017)

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KYIV, January 17 — RIA Novosti. was born In the Ukraine first in the world to a child with genetic material from three parents using the method of transfer of a fertilized egg in the donor, said the Director of the clinic of reproductive medicine “Hope” Valery Zukin.

the Conception and birth of the child occurred naturally, the pregnancy was absolutely fine, as told in the clinic. A baby girl was discharged from the hospital.

“what is the uniqueness of our case, why is he the world’s first?.. In our case, was the transfer of the fertilized egg, a single-celled embryo, and there (in Mexico — ed.) was not fertilized (egg — ed.),” said Zukin at a press conference.

the clinic Director explained that after fertilization it formed two nuclei — one from mother, other from father. The reproduction withdrew these two kernels from the maternal egg and moved it into a donor egg from which it similarly withdrew the two cores. The need for this method arose because of a genetic disease woman, she suffered from infertility.

In this case, this method is effective because the mutated genes carrying the disease remained in the original parent egg, and the genes in the nucleus is not damaged. Thus, kernel, embedded into a donor egg possible to avoid genetic diseases, explained Zukin.

“the result is a child who has nuclear DNA of the parents and cytoplasmic DNA from a donor,” said he.

Previously, the magazine New Scientist reported that in Mexico, the world’s first born child with genetic material from three parents. Wife of Jordan appealed to scientists in the US due to a rare genetic disease that prevented the couple to have a baby. The researchers, who were lead by John Zhang, applied technology using genetic material from another female donor.