In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three ...

Despite sharing DNA sequences, monozygotic twins are epigenetically distinct and express different genes, offering a model to ...

This groundbreaking technique aims to prevent children from inheriting severe, incurable mitochondrial diseases from their ...

A groundbreaking three-person IVF technique to prevent devastating disease had led to the birth of eight babies in the UK. Four boys and four girls, including one set of identical twins, have been ...

The UK's pioneering licensed IVF technique to reduce the risk of mitochondrial diseases carried out in Newcastle has seen ...

A California family was grieving the loss of their eldest dog Rufus when they found his biological father at a local rescue.

A California family was grieving the loss of their eldest dog Rufus when they found his biological father at a local rescue.

How identical twins are formed Identical twins, also known as monozygotic twins, form when a single fertilized egg, called a zygote, splits into two embryos.

An experimental technique that patches defective DNA with donated genetic material helped families at risk of passing rare ...

extremely rare type of twins called semi-identical (sesquiszygous) twins, who share more than half but less than all their DNA. Semi-identical twins happen when one egg is fertilized by two separate ...

In a major scientific breakthrough, eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a pioneering IVF technique that reduces the risk of mothers passing on mitochondrial DNA diseases. The ...