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Re:UK to allow babies from three people by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @05:19AM (#8996109)
Technically you are correct, no DNA is being modified. However, the mix of genetic material is being altered.
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Re:UK to allow babies from three people by andyjohnson0 on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @08:51AM (#8996754)
The mix of genetic material gets altered every time an egg is fertilised. In humans, across the planet, this happens several hundred thousand times each day. It's not something that we should be afraid of.
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Re:UK to allow babies from three people by Dylan16807 on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @03:41PM (#8999599)
Not really. Nobody calls it genetic modification when you change your gut flora.

No genome has changed at all.

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