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Detailed explanation-1: -A baby with DNA from three people has been born in Greece following a controversial fertility treatment. The baby boy, weighing 2.9kg (6lb), was born on Tuesday and both he and his mother, who is 32, are said to be in good health.

Detailed explanation-2: -LONDON: Britain today created history by becoming the first country to legalise children conceived with DNA from three parents after lawmakers voted in favour of the controversial procedure that sparked a fierce ethical debate with senior Church figures.

Detailed explanation-3: -A baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now five months old. It is great news – the birth of a healthy baby conceived by this new procedure is a major step forward and will lead to a new way of preventing the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the help of John Zhang from the New Hope Fertility Center in New York City, a Jordanian couple conceived and gave birth to a child with more than two genetic parents. So-called three parent babies actually have more like 2.001 parents, according to experts.

Detailed explanation-5: -It’s not the first time scientists have created babies that have DNA from three people-that breakthrough began in the late 1990s-but it is an entirely new and significant method.