Picking embryos based on genetics might not give prospective parents the “designer baby” they’re after. DNA predictions of height or IQ might help would-be parents select an embryo that would grow ...

Across the Bay Area, a growing cohort of founders, investors, and technologists is approaching parenthood in a way that looks very different from traditional family planning. Instead of relying on ...

It had begun nearly two years prior, with a miscarriage, and then another. I was compiling a list of fertility clinics when he made an appearance on the ultrasound monitor, a flickering response to my ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More research is needed for preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic disorders. Now, it cannot account for ...

Get the latest on the science of healthy living in the NPR Health newsletter, sent weekly. Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes. "These are saliva ...

A group of well-heeled, 30-something women sat down to dinner last spring at a table set with pregnancy-friendly mocktails and orchids, ready to hear a talk about how to optimize their offspring. Noor ...

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 ...