Groundbreaking new IVF method prevents diseases

EIGHT babies have been born in the UK thanks to a groundbreaking three-person IVF technique to prevent devastating disease, world-first data shows.

- By Jane Kirby

Four boys and four girls - with one set of twins - have been delivered and are all doing well following treatment by a team in Newcastle, who pioneered the technique.

One other woman is currently pregnant.

The scientific method, known as mitochondrial donation treatment, is designed to prevent children from being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases that are passed down from their mothers.