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 ...

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine published a report that concludes preimplantation genetic testing for ...

Dr. Todd Lencz, and others in the Ethics Committee of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, publish concerns about polygenic embryo screening in The Lancet Psychiatry MANHASSET, ...

When opting to use in vitro fertilization to get pregnant, potential parents can pre-screen the embryos to avoid passing severe and fatal conditions to the child. A new style of testing goes further ...

Silence from Scripture on new technologies and the ethical questions they raise is no excuse for silence from the church.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As a child, Sigal Klipstein, MD, would visit the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago with her parents and ...

A significant minority of Americans would favor genetic screening of embryos simply to boost their child’s chance to attend an elite university, a new survey indicates. Several bioethics experts and ...

“Predictive indicators for whether a child will be vulnerable to certain diseases after birth, as well as their future height and skin tone, are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Hospitals that ...

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 ...

Say you’re about to start in vitro fertilization and your clinic offers you a futuristic new option: It can analyze the DNA of the embryos you conceive and let you choose which one to implant based on ...

The survey asked respondents whether they would test and edit an embryo’s genes to increase the chances the conceived child would grow up to attend an extremely competitive college. Catholic ethics ...