Posted on 11/08/2019 7:22:03 AM PST by G Larry
The DNA test claims to let prospective parents weed out IVF embryos with a high risk of disease or low intelligence.
Anxious couples are approaching fertility doctors in the US with requests for a hotly debated new genetic test being called “23andMe, but on embryos.”
The baby-picking test is being offered by a New Jersey startup company, Genomic Prediction, whose plans we first reported on two years ago.
The company says it can use DNA measurements to predict which embryos from an IVF procedure are least likely to end up with any of 11 different common diseases.
(Excerpt) Read more at technologyreview.com ...
Three failing embryo tests and the mandatory conception procedures are enforced.
"Abnormal" being defined as too low or too high!
At least too high for Prolies...
“Brave New World” here we come!
Even quicker road to Idiocracy. The “smart”, successful crowd will want to get ever more expensive tests and procedures to ensure a perfect baby, so they will delay more and be able to afford fewer kids. Meanwhile the mediocre masses will keep churning them out the old-fashioned way and outbreed em.
Starvation is how they will keep that population in check.
Ain’t nobody starving in the USA though. At least not until the EBT cards stop working.
one word. KHAN !
Leftover embryos: Soylent Caviar
Thank you for noticing. The future looks like poor people from Africa and Latin America ... and like me.
That’ll get rid of the Democrats...
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