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I felt like I was playing God. Should I optimise this child’s intelligence or their chance of living a long and healthy life?

I was getting a glimpse of what it is like for people using a controversial service claimed to enhance certain attributes of their future children, including “designer” traits, like intelligence and height.

It involves creating several embryos through IVF , then selecting for pregnancy only those with the desired genes and discarding the rest. New Feature

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