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An Austin eugenics startup apparently counts billionaire Elon Musk and his girlfriend, Neuralink director Shivon Zilis, among its clients.

Elon Musk Using Eugenics Startup to Inspect DNA of Potential Babies for Intelligence

By Noor Al-Sibai

Designer Babies Running Into Trouble Now That They’re Teenagers

Designer Babies Running Into Trouble Now That They’re Teenagers

By Frank Landymore

Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" human embryos in IVF for IQ levels. Does it work? Unclear.

Super-Expensive Startup “Screening” Parents’ Embryos for IQ

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A bioethicist argues that making gene-hacked designer babies is not only possible but ethically responsible, if it means eradicated diseases.

Bioethicist Argues That We Need a CRISPR Baby Industry ASAP

By Dan Robitzski

A technique some worried would lead to the creation of super-smart designer babies isn't technologically up to the task, finds a new study.

Plan to Create Super-Smart Designer Babies Won’t Work, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

Before his controversial gene-hacking research was condemned, He Jiankui wanted to open a designer baby clinic in China or Thailand.

Health & Medicine

That “CRISPR Baby” Scientist Wanted to Open a Designer Baby Clinic

By Dan Robitzski

Neuroscientist Vivienne Ming used tech to give her autistic son the ability to read emotions, but what happens when everyone wants to be a cyborg?

Prosthetics and Devices

“Mad Scientist” Mom Turns Autistic Son Into a “Cyborg”

By Kristin Houser

Fertility clinics around the world are asking He Jiankui if he'd be willing t teach them how to use CRISPR to create designer babies.

Prosthetics and Devices

Sketchy Clinics Are Trying to Hire Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies

By Jon Christian

A do-it-yourself biohacker named Bryan Bishop says that he's working on technology to gene-hack designer babies. He says he has a customer lined up.

Prosthetics and Devices

Rogue Bitcoin-Funded Biohacker Wants to Gene-Hack Designer Babies

By Jon Christian

The majority of U.S. adults would support gene editing embryos to protect babies against disease, according to a new poll.

Poll: Two Thirds of Americans Support Human Gene Editing to Cure Disease

By Jon Christian

A fertility clinic in California gives would-be parents the option of scanning embryos for eye color, putting us one step closer to "designer babies."

Prosthetics and Devices

You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant

By Kristin Houser

U.K. Approves Fertilization Treatment Using DNA From Multiple People to Make Babies

U.K. Approves Fertilization Treatment Using DNA From Multiple People to Make Babies

By June Javelosa