Chicago1 of 19 older women gave birth after three-parent in vitro fertilisation.
Unpublished Kyiv clinic data show no benefit, yet clinics still market it to women over 40.
It combines parental genes with a third person’s mitochondrial DNA, and the UK permits it only to prevent mitochondrial disease.
The same data show 9 live births among 10 patients under 35.
Ghent University researchers expect first results next year from a small study in younger women.
How each outlet framed it
- STAT leans critical
- traces an international three-parent IVF tourism market from a British couple's tip, reporting from IFG's Chicago-area office
Sources: STAT