Babies to order. Andrew crotty/Shutterstock.com December 10, 2018 Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about – it’s not likely to happen A Cecile JW Janssens, Emory University Forecasts of designer babies followed the announcement of the gene-edited twins, just as they have for any reproductive technology since 1978. This signals the public must learn more about genetics.
Shutterstock. September 4, 2018 Genes shown to influence how well children do throughout their time at school Kaili Rimfeld, King's College London and Margherita Malanchini, The University of Texas at Austin New research is pinpointing how much genes influence the stability of educational achievement.
Scientists are hoping genetic scoring could help identify children who may develop learning difficulties. Syda Productions/Shutterstock July 22, 2016 Your genes can help predict how well you’ll do in school – here’s how we cracked it Saskia Selzam, King's College London Almost 10% of differences in exam results at age 16 can be explained using individuals’ DNA alone.