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There was a time when children were considered God’s gift. After the birth of a child, people used to compare him with his parents. But now technology has become so advanced that people are determining the appearance of the child even before it is born. What is this technology?
There was a time when the birth of a child was considered the will of God. Whatever child the parents got, it was accepted. But in 2025, technology has changed everything. Now rich people are deciding the appearance, intelligence, eye color and even height of the child even before his birth.
We are not joking. If you are also planning a baby, then let us tell you that now the concept of designer baby has arrived. This “designer baby” trend is being made possible by advanced forms of IVF (in vitro fertilization), where embryos are scanned and the “perfect” ones are selected. Silicon Valley companies like Nucleus Genomics have jumped into this business, but this is not only science but also an ethical nightmare. Let us tell you what is this technology?
IVF advance form
Everything starts with IVF. Doctors fertilize eggs and sperm in the lab, creating multiple embryos. Then PGT (Preimplantation Genetic Testing) is used. It scans the DNA of embryos. Basic PGT-A checks for chromosomal abnormalities, which helps prevent miscarriage. But now PGT-P (Polygenic) has arrived, which looks at hundreds of genes to predict complex traits like heart disease risk, IQ, height, eye color, hair color, even anxiety or ADHD! Companies like Orchid Bioscience and Nucleus call this “embryo prioritization.” Nucleus Genomics, which was started in 2020 by 20-year-old Kian Sadeghi, is its face. In their service “Nucleus Embryo” full DNA scan of 20 embryos is done. The results come in an app, where parents can compare traits and choose. Options to increase IQ, reduce cancer risk or choose blue eyes are also given in it. The price of top IVF+ package is 30 thousand dollars (about 27 lakh rupees).
The experience is like online shopping
This technique includes donor egg/sperm, surrogate and optimized embryo. Sadeghi says that every parent wants to give the best to their child. For this reason this service has been started. But many people are also opposing it. According to him, it is just a game of money where the rich will make “super babies” and the poor will be left behind. This trend is on the rise in America. More than 50% of PGT is being used in IVF cycles.
