Babies from three people's DNA prevents hereditary disease
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The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, often fatal inherited diseases.
  • moobythegoldensock@infosec.pubEnglish
    621·
    2 months ago

    Misleading title. The technique does not prevent all hereditary disease.

    DNA from both parents can be injected into a donor egg, which uses the donor’s mitochondria. This is used to keep a child from inheriting a mitochondrial disease from the mother. These are the specific set of hereditary diseases this technique prevents.

    All other hereditary diseases are not prevented by this.

    • baatliwalaOPEnglish
      142·
      2 months ago

      Yeah they should have added “a”

      • mienshaoEnglish
        51·
        2 months ago

        Bro you posted it. You should have added “a”

        • baatliwalaOPEnglish
          9·
          2 months ago

          English isn’t my first language, I didn’t realise it until someone pointed it out. I fixed it now.

          • AceBonoboEnglish
            7·
            2 months ago

            The fixed version is actually the best title on a news article I’ve seen in the last 10 years

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      71·
      2 months ago

      It’s common for headlines to leave out articles. It can be read the way intended. Would be nice to include “a,” but not devastating.

    • MysteriousSophon21English
      2·
      2 months ago

      Great explanation - to add a bit more context, this technique (mitochondrial replacement therapy) specifically transfers the nuclear DNA from the mother’s egg to a donor egg with healthy mitichondria, leaving behind the problematic mitochondrial DNA while preserving the vast majority of the parents’ genetic material.

  • RegnaEnglish
    28·
    2 months ago

    What is wrong with that babies toes? There is a huge gap between the big toe and the rest.

    • PlantJamEnglish
      20·
      2 months ago

      Some toe spacing is normal, despite what shoe companies seem to think.

    • IndiBronyEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      [Looks at own feet]

      …y-yeah! What a freak! 👀💧

    • BoddhisatvaEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Probably just normal variation that will pretty much disappear with the wearing of shoes. It could be sandal-gap deformity, but that’s just a wild guess based on a Google search.

      Note: This is probably why my veterinarian’s office has a sign that says there will be an additional charge for clients who come in with a diagnosis from Google.