First ever '3-way DNA' kids are thriving: Cheerleader, 17, is one of a handful of children created using cells from mom, dad and a donor in controversial 1990s study

More than 15 years ago, 17 babies were born after an experimental infertility treatment that gave them DNA from three people: Mom, Dad and an egg donor. 


Now researchers have checked up on how the babies are doing as teenagers. The preliminary verdict: The kids are all right. With no sign of unusual health problems and excellent grades in school at ages 13 to 18, these children are 'doing well,' said embryologist Jacques Cohen (top right) at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, where the treatment was done. That includes cheerleader Emma Foster, 17, (left) of Red Bank, New Jersey. Her parents Peter and Susan Foster (bottom right) were one of the 33 couples who took part after IVF failed five times. They are the only parents to have told their child about the study.