The British parliament recently decided to allow a procedure that could result in the birth of babies with three biological parents. Andres Salumets, professor of reproductive medicine and head of the Competence Centre on Health Technologies, was asked to comment on the issue. Prof. Salumets briefly described the biology of mitochondrial diseases and the technical aspects associated with the procedure.

The news in Estonian can be found here and comments by prof. Salumets (also in Estonian) here.