In vitro fertilization (IVF)—involving DNA from three parents—could become legal in the UK by July.
The prospect of altering DNA to produce a genetically-modified human could move from science fiction to science reality by the middle of 2014. The UK parliament is likely to vote on whether a new form of in vitro fertilization (IVF)—involving DNA from three parents—becomes legally available to couples by July. If it passes, the law would be the first to allow pre-birth human-DNA modification, and another door to the future will open.
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