FRIDAY, July 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new IVF technique helped eight babies in the U.K. avoid serious inherited diseases, and scientists are calling it a breakthrough. All eight children were born using a method that uses DNA from three people: the mother, the father and a donor.

Long-awaited results of a three-person IVF technique suggest that mitochondrial donation can prevent babies from inheriting diseases caused by mutant mitochondria

Science gave us a chance,” one mother said after being a part of the pioneering IVF technique that was used to prevent inherited diseases