Sarah Norcross from the Progress Education Trust says the ground-breaking procedure, known as mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT) is an "important step" for women not passing on genetic disorders to babies.
Professor of Neurology Michael Hanna from UCL says the ethics surrounding the practice that resulted in "regulatory approval".
Report by Rowlandi.
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