First he pioneered a new way of making life. Now he wants to try it in people

PORTLAND, Ore. — The next great advance in fertility treatments may rest with five young monkeys in a lab outside of town.

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If so, the three-parent fertilization technique will likely be tried in humans, potentially helping women with certain genetic glitches give birth to healthy children. The same approach might also someday provide older women a chance to extend their fertility by freshening up their eggs with contributions from another woman.

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“If someone were to proceed with it now, my own view is that’s probably irresponsible. There are so many question marks. I just think it’s premature,” said Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell biologist at the University of California, Davis.

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