Our latest list: 20 Three-Parent Baby Mind-blowing Facts You Need to Know. What would you think if we told you that two women and one man agree to give birth to a baby? Don’t get too excited guys. It may sound too good to be true to some of you, but it’s not as fun as you may think.
A three-parent baby refers to the human offspring that will be produced from the genetic material of one man and two women. Through an assisted reproductive technology, that is. The reproductive technologies used by scientists to produce three-parent babies, help women to overcome infertility.
The good news is that the first 3-parent-baby born in a clinical trial to treat infertility is already a reality. Intrigued? We are so without further ado, here follow 25 Three-Parent Baby Mindblowing Facts You Need to Know.
Greece hosted the clinical trial

Ancient Greece was really famous for its incredible technology and sophisticated science. It’s the place where Western medicine was born after all. Greece grabbed the headlines again recently for its contemporary medical advances.
Spain contributed in the medical achievement

Is it a boy or a girl?

Baby's weight is perfectly normal

Mother's Identity

The mother of the boy is a 32-year-old Greek woman. Her name is Matina Karavokyri.
This was her fifth attempt

Mrs. Karavokyri had gone through four unsuccessful cycles of IVF ((in vitro fertilization treatment) already. The fifth was successful. We suspect that number five will be her new lucky number.
She suffered from Endometriosis

The mother of the newborn had also undergone two operations because of endometriosis. The pain endometriosis causes to women is often described as one of the very worst pains a human can endure.
No fear or stress

The baby looks like his daddy

Medical history in the making

How exactly it helps infertile couples though?

This new reproductive technology is developed to help families affected by deadly mitochondrial diseases. These diseases are passed down from the mother to her baby.
Ethical dilemmas are popping up

The use of triple DNA has raised ethical issues in the scientific world. Tim Child, an Oxford University professor, said in an interview, “I’m concerned that there’s no proven need for the patient to have her genetic material removed from her eggs and transferred into the eggs of a donor.”
The risks of this technique aren't really known

This procedure's banned in the US

But it's allowed in the UK

Once upon a time in Mexico

A quite similar DNA-switching technique was used in Mexico in 2016. A team of American doctors treated a woman from Jordan, in order to avoid transmission of a hereditary illness to her child.
The medical trial will continue

Greek embryologist Panagiotis Psathas, who led the team that pioneered this revolutionary operation, said that the clinical trial for the experimental IVF treatment will continue.
He won’t allow any negative criticism to discourage him and his team from making so many couples – who can’t have kids – happy.
Targeting a specific group

Will the baby have three parents really?

The scientists involved insist that the whole “three-parent baby” is more of a media stunt, than a future reality. During the IVF treatment, doctors take the nucleus of the infertile woman’s egg, which keeps the majority of her genetic material.
They transfer it then into the donor egg after they have removed its own nucleus first. There, the infertile woman’s nucleus will be encircled by healthy mitochondria.
As a result of this procedure, the baby will have the DNA of his mother and father, but also a very small number of genes from the donor.