Have you ever thought of having a baby that’s gonna be the exact version from your thoughts? The ocean blue eyes, the cute dimples or a head full of hair? It has become a reality now with designer ...

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts — Designer babies who are genetically engineered for desirable health, physical and intellectual features are now within reach using existing technologies, a prospect that raises ...

Genetic screening technology now allows parents employing in vitro fertilization (IVF) to select for certain traits, allowing them to avoid passing on diseases or undesirable traits to their children.

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 ...

Within 20 to 40 years, sex will no longer be the preferred method of reproduction. Instead, half the population with decent health care will–no shitting you–have eggs grown from human skin and ...

The Huffington Post quotes Professor Hank Greely on how new technology in genetic deletion could affect scientific research. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World tells the story of a government that ...

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 ...

Medical advisers to the US Food & Drug Administration held hearings this week on whether to approve a controversial procedure called "three-parent in vitro fertilization.” The procedure is meant to ...

A recent press release I received got me thinking about how much we really care about kids. The press alert came from the Coalition to Stop Designer Babies, which is organizing internationally to ...

~ Three percent of clinics surveyed said they have helped create children with a disability. CHICAGO -- The power to create "perfect" designer babies looms over the world of prenatal testing. But what ...

Genetic-engineering tools with which to design one's progeny already exist, and they are being made even more potent with AI—at least for those who can afford such services. In the absence of policy ...