Couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) are presented with a dizzying number of choices as they navigate the process — from selecting a retrieval method to selecting the sex of their fetus.

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

Genetic tests claiming to predict a future child's traits, such as intelligence or height, offer minimal benefits with significant risks. These tests, prevalent in the U.S., lack accurate predictive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To be clear, there’s no sign of the intentional deception that marked Theranos, but there are striking parallels in ...

My son, who’s almost 3, is asymptomatic and thriving. His syndrome mostly just means annual visits to a C.F. clinic for monitoring. But for future pregnancies, we are debating whether we should do I.V ...

The sci-fi world of Gattaca promised parents the option of selecting genetically bespoke children. Now you can buy a menu of tests prophesing your kids’ health risks – even before the embryo is ...

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are estimates of an individual's susceptibility to a specific complex trait obtained by aggregating the effects of dozens, thousands, and potentially millions of genetic ...

New genetic tests promise parents a 'better' baby by predicting traits and disease risks in IVF embryos. However, these ...

Ever since Chinese scientist, He Jiankui genetically engineered three children five years ago via the novel CRISPR technology; the debate has raged over the ethics of manipulating our natural (or, if ...

Scientists from a collaboration of Australian research institutions have proposed that editing multiple genetic variants in human embryos could significantly lower the likelihood of developing complex ...

We choose our mates with care. Many of us make bad dating decisions when we’re young—and some of us do when we’re old—but we generally care a great deal about who we have children with. Our options ...