Genetic screening technology now allows parents employing in vitro fertilization (IVF) to select for certain traits, allowing them to avoid passing on diseases or undesirable traits to their children.

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joins 'America Reports' to discuss rising IVF use, advances in embryo transfer and the ethical debate over trait selection and genetic screening.

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in ...

Imagine building a designer baby like a plushie toy in a mall. Genetic editing may offer parents this, soon. But is it okay?

A new video showing people casually discussing gene editing and designer babies is making waves because of its source: the government-funded group leading efforts to set standards for the ethically ...

Imagine a world where the boundaries of biology are no longer fixed—a world where life can be created in a lab, where artificial intelligence can preserve a version of you long after you’re gone, and ...

Want a bespoke baby? Check the beauty, brains, or brawn boxes on the embryo order form. Genetic tinkering is no longer science fiction — it’s a market without legal guidelines or societal buy-in. But ...

CRISPR technology could one day create “designer babies, ” raising major ethical and social inequality concerns. Patel says FBI headquarters to ‘permanently close’ with move Fans walk out of Wizard of ...

South African health authorities have withdrawn a contentious section on heritable human genome editing (HHGE) from the country’s national ethics guidelines. This comes after mounting criticism from ...

Have you ever thought of having a baby that’s gonna be the exact version from your thoughts? The ocean blue eyes, the cute dimples or a head full of hair? It has become a reality now with designer ...

The secrets of our genes can be mined or misused. Our challenge is to sift through the data, utilize the tools, knowledge, and wisdom of what we can handle, and resist the temptation of tangling with ...