UK to decide if it’s OK to make babies from DNA of 3 people

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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2008 file photo, a scientist works during an IVF process. British lawmakers will vote Tuesday Feb. 3, 2015, on whether to allow scientists to use controversial techniques to create babies from the DNA of three people to prevent children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases from their mothers, a move that could make the country the first in the world to allow embryos to be genetically modified. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall, File)LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers will vote Tuesday on whether to let scientists use controversial techniques to create babies from the DNA of three people — a move that could prevent children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases yet would make Britain the first country in the world to allow embryos to be genetically modified.

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