Science gave us a chance,” one mother said after being a part of the pioneering IVF technique that was used to prevent inherited diseases

In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three people—two parents and a female donor. The process, known as pronuclear transfer,

Out of 22 women to undergo the treatment at the Newcastle Fertility Centre in northeast England, eight babies were born.