What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Big leaps in science are presenting parents with choices that were once impossible -- screening the DNA of embryos to help ...

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 — ...

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 ...

Survey reveals nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults support using emerging technology to screen embryos during IVF for risk of developing certain health conditions or traits that arise from more than ...

Tech-savvy parents to be are using IVF and screening embryos to build families in ways that were unimaginable a few short ...

LYON, France -- An older woman's chances of getting pregnant through in vitro fertilization could be reduced if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb, doctors said ...

A genetics startup founded by scientists Tobias Wolfram and Alex Strudwick Young has left stealth mode, with Futurism reporting that Herasight claims its embryo screening platform can forecast a ...

Across the Bay Area, a growing cohort of founders, investors, and technologists is approaching parenthood in a way that looks ...

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 ...

A human embryo embeds itself into a fake uterus created by researchers. Screenshot from an Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia video Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an ...