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    Question

    Which of the following country recently allowed

    three-parent baby using MRT therapy?
    A Japan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B USA Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Canada Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Germany Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E UK Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    UK has allowed three-parent baby using Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT). It will prevent passage of genetic diseases to off springs. In the MRT process, three parents are involved: two biological and one donor parent. Generally if mother carries a faulty mitochondria, it is replaced by a healthy one from a donor parent. Now the egg is fertilized with the partner’s sperm  

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