Fascinating overview of recent work in polygenic screening of embryos in IVF from : infoproc.blogspot.com/2021/07/polyge
Risk reductions are much larger than I'd expected (eg 42% relative risk reduction for T2 diabetes); and measures seem to have low correlations (so not zero-sum)
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I was surprised to read here, too, that in Denmark ~10% of newborns are conceived via IVF, perhaps in part because it's covered under the national health care.
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Descriptively, it's hard to imagine selection techniques of increasing complexity not seeing widespread adoption in decades to come. Normatively, there certainly are some scary futures (and paths) down this road. Helpful analysis here of many issues:
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Wonder what it is here in Canada. I know quite a few children conceived that way.
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because it's covered under the national health care.
This seems like one of the smartest investments a state can make.


