Silicon Valley's Quest to Create Super-Babies

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The article explores Silicon Valley's push towards genetically customizing babies through advanced embryo screening and polygenic risk scoring, raising ethical questions about eugenics, accessibility, and the accuracy of current genetic prediction methods, amid a broader cultural movement advocating for increased reproductive technology use to counteract declining birth rates.
Topics:health#embryo-screening#ethics#fertility-technology#genetic-engineering#polygenic-risk-scores#science-and-technology
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