This pioneering technique aims to combat the occurrence of devastating mitochondrial diseases, which can prove fatal within hours or days of birth. While fewer than five babies have been born through this method, specific details regarding the cases remain undisclosed.
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Mitochondrial diseases, incurable conditions resulting in brain damage, muscle deterioration, heart failure, and blindness, are exclusively passed down by the mother through defective mitochondria.
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