Questions surround report of baby created using controversial mitochondrial-replacement technique.
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29 September 2016
An earlier version of this story stated that Zhang’s team implanted three embryos into a woman in 2003; it now makes clear that the team transferred five embryos into the woman.
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Reardon, S. ‘Three-parent baby’ claim raises hopes — and ethical concerns. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20698
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