Fear Of “Designer Babies” As FDA Weighs Fertility Procedure

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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration is weighing a fertility procedure that involves combining the genetic material of three people to make a baby free of certain defects, a therapy that critics say is an ethical minefield and could lead to the creation of designer babies.

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