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Britain to allow babies with three genetic parents

Britain will become the first country in the world to allow babies with three genetic parents after scientists discover a way to create genetically modified embryos to prevent incurable genetic diseases from being passed on. This has sparked a debate on whether such a procedure is ethical. Lucy McDonald reports.
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