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Silicon Valley executives are spending up to $50,000 to screen embryos
Silicon Valley tech executives are reportedly paying up to $50,000 for genetic-testing services that promise to screen embryos for IQ.
These services aim to help parents select embryos for in vitro fertilization (IVF) to produce 'smart offspring'.
Companies like Nucleus Genomics and Herasight are publicly offering these IQ prediction services, with prices ranging from around $6,000 to $50,000.
High-end matchmakers note a rise in tech CEOs seeking intelligent partners, specifically to have 'smart offspring'.
Critics raise significant ethical concerns about polygenic embryo screening (PES), including fairness, accessibility only to the wealthy, and the potential for creating a 'genetically super caste'.
