The Era of Genetically-Altered Humans Could Begin This Year

If the UK Parliament approves a new form of in-vitro fertilization this summer, it will give the go ahead for the first pre-birth human-DNA modification.

The U.S. is not nearly as close to approving mtDNA replacement as the UK seems poised to do; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will start reviewing the data in earnest in February.