His method involves inserting the nucleus from an egg with faulty mitochondria into a donor egg that has had its nucleus removed.

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Yet, as the National Academy of Sciences has noted, this method is far more unpredictable than inserting a single gene from another species, as was done to produce insect-resistant corn, soybeans and cotton.

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