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 — ...

Three out of four U.S. adults support the use of emerging technologies that estimate a future child's likelihood of developing health conditions influenced by multiple genes—such as diabetes, heart ...

A study published in Nature has established the first direct link between common genetic variants in mothers and the risk of ...

LOS ANGELES - She had the name picked out since high school: Logann Rae, taken from a soap opera. She had two dolls waiting in a closet, both saved since childhood. But Tanya's first child was a son.

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prospective parents can see potential health outcomes based on their embryo screening results. If you could design your ideal baby, what would you choose? A lover of naps who sleeps through the night?

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 ...