Imagine the unbelievable expectations that come with being among the small number of "designer babies" — children whose embryos are handpicked before birth so that they possess their parent's ...

The United Kingdom made headlines last summer when government officials there said they would allow three-parent IVF testing. Using this method, fertility specialists can replace damaged DNA in a ...

Designer baby drama: Sam Altman and his husband are funding Preventive, a startup aiming to gene-edit embryos to prevent inherited diseases, something illegal in the U.S. and most of the planet.

~ 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 ...

Imagine building a designer baby like a plushie toy in a mall. Genetic editing may offer parents this, soon. But is it okay? We ask experts. Most malls have a build-a-plushie toy station where ...

Most malls have a build-a-plushie toy station where everything about the plaything’s look, feel, and stuffing is predetermined. Soon, all of humanity will be customised in the same way to design the ...