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Science
fromEntrepreneur
4 days ago

Parents Are Paying $50,000 to Pick Their Babies' Eye Color and IQ. Some Experts Say This Is 'Very Troubling.'

Embryo screening using polygenic risk scores is being sold to predict and select traits, but experts warn the science and ethics are not ready.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

Polygenic embryo screening estimates the risk of diseases in embryos, allowing parents to select healthier traits for their children.
Medicine
fromNature
6 months ago

Population-specific polygenic risk scores for people of Han Chinese ancestry - Nature

Population-specific polygenic risk scores for Han Chinese improve disease risk prediction and require large-scale East Asian genomic discovery for equitable precision medicine.
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