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Report sounds alarm on efficacy, safety, ethics of embryo selection with polygenic scores

A new report raises serious questions about the benefits, risks and ethics of a new service — which the authors call ’embryo selection based on polygenic scores,’ or ESPS — that allows in vitro fertilization patients to select embryos with the goal of choosing healthier and even smarter children. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630173622.htm