Companies now offer polygenic embryo selection to prospective parents undergoing IVF. But the technology is dangerously ...

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s … genetic optimization? Prospective parents using in vitro fertilization (IVF) will soon be able to select embryos based on their potential risk for diseases — ...

Three out of four U.S. adults support the use of emerging technologies that estimate a future child's likelihood of developing health conditions influenced by multiple genes—such as diabetes, heart ...

LOS ANGELES - She had the name picked out since high school: Logann Rae, taken from a soap opera. She had two dolls waiting in a closet, both saved since childhood. But Tanya's first child was a son.

Are you ready for the era of designer babies? Advances in gene sequencing have now made it possible for embryos to be screened for a host of genetic diseases and physical traits. Private companies are ...

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

Cara and Gibson Reynolds, whose newborn died last year from a genetic condition linked to dwarfism, pose on the porch of their home in Collingswood, N.J. Cara says she is outraged by opposition to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prospective parents can see potential health outcomes based on their embryo screening results. (Photo Illustration by Josue Evilla ...

The future of reproduction now fits in your hand, on your phone. Embryo-screening companies like Nucleus Genomics, Orchid, and Genomic Prediction promise to make one of life’s most intimate decisions ...