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Key Media Coverage

Key Media Coverage

 

Eugenics 2.0: We’re at the Dawn of Choosing Embryos by Health, Height, and More. Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review, 1 Nov 2017

 

A slippery slope towards designer babies? The Economist, 14 Nov 2018

 

Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ, Clare Wilson, NewScintist, 15 Nov 2018

 

New test can predict intelligence in embryos, Tom Whipple, 16 Nov 2018

 

Super-smart designer babies could be on offer soon. But is that ethical? Philip Ball, The Guardian, 19 Nov 2018

 

Embryo editing for higher IQ is a fantasy. Embryo profiling for it is almost here, Erik Parens, Paul S. Appelbaum and Wendy Chung, STAT, 12 Feb 2019

 

Polygenic Risk Scores and Genomic Prediction: Q&A with Stephen Hsu, Julianna LeMieux, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, 1 Apr 2019

 

Making Babies in the Year 2045, Ariel Davis, The New York Times, 10 Apr 2019

 

IVF couples could be able to choose the ‘smartest’ embryo, Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 24 May 2019

 

Modern genetics will improve health and usher in “designer” children, The Economist, 7 Nov 2019

 

The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here, Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review, 8 Nov 2019

 

Why screening DNA for ‘designer babies’ probably won’t work, Tina Hesman Saey, Science News, 21 Nov 2019

 

Israeli research: Can genetic testing and selection make your baby smart? Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, 21 Nov 2019

 

Study Finds Link Between Genes and Education Level. Will This Reinforce Stereotypes? Asaf Ronel, Ha’aretz, 4 Jan 2020

 

This spit test promises to tell couples their risk of passing on common diseases, Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review, 21 Apr 2021

 

Gene-Based Embryo Selection: Are 'Designer Babies' on the Horizon? Dennis Thompson, US News, 1 Jul 2021

 

Researchers raise concerns about using genetic risk scores to pick ‘healthier’ embryos, Claudia López Lloreda, STAT, 1 Jul 2021

 

Breaking News. The first baby in history to be conceived with the help of polygenic testing, Elizabeth Carr, IVF babble, 2021

 

A New Era of Designer Babies May Be Based on Overhyped Science, Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 12 Jul 2021

 

A New Kind of Embryo Genetics Screening Makes Big Promises on Little Evidence, Kyle W. Davis, SLATE, 23 Jul 2021

 

Picking Embryos With Best Health Odds Sparks New DNA Debate, Carey Goldberg, Bloomberg, 17 Sep 2021

 

Polygenic screening of embryos is here, but is it ethical?, Philip Ball, The Guardian, 17 Oct 2021

 

Preimplantation Genetic Testing, Helen Albert, Inside Precision Medicine, 22 Dec 2021

 

Embryo Selection From Polygenic Risk Scores Enters Market as Clinical Value Remains Unproven, Forest Ray, Genome Web, 22 Dec 2021

 

The Pandora’s Box of Embryo Testing Is Officially Open, Carey Goldberg, Businessweek, 26 May 2022

 

Genetic Screening Now Lets Parents Pick the Healthiest Embryos, Rachael Pells, WIRED, 5 Jul 2022

 

City sees birth of first baby with low risk of family-related diabetes, Cai Wenjun, SHINE, 2 Aug 2022

 

The controversial embryo tests that promise a better baby, Max Kozlov, Nature (News), 21 Sep 2022

 

Designer babies? Hi-tech preimplantation genetic testing may soon come to Israel. Nirit Sandman Eriksson. The Times of Israel, 14 Oct 2022

Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take ‘control of human evolution’, Julia Black, Business Insider, 17 Nov 2022

 

Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works. https://www.youtube.com/@SabineHossenfelder 28 Jan 2023.

 

Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows. Antonio Regalado. MIT Technology Review, 9 Feb, 2023.

 

Selected before birth: Embryo risk screening could lower the odds of illnesses ranging from depression to diabetes. Can it be ethically done? Todd Lencz and Shai Carmi. Aeon, 17 Feb 2023.

 

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