My son, who’s almost 3, is asymptomatic and thriving. His syndrome mostly just means annual visits to a C.F. clinic for monitoring. But for future pregnancies, we are debating whether we should do I.V ...

Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that may ...

A new tool allows parents undergoing in vitro fertilization to screen their embryos for health issues, but is it ethical? Genetic disease is believed to be linked to 41 percent of U.S. infants' deaths ...

Genetic tests claiming to predict a future child's traits, such as intelligence or height, offer minimal benefits with significant risks. These tests, prevalent in the U.S., lack accurate predictive ...

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

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 ...

Testing the biological sex of an athlete is becoming more common in sport, with governing bodies defending the practice as ...