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Orchid, which labels itself as “the world’s most advanced whole genome screening for embryos during IVF,” was highlighted in a recent New York Timesarticle headlined “This baby was carefully selected as an embryo.”
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Orchid, writes journalist Anna Louie Sussman, “screens embryos’ DNA for hundreds of conditions” and also “offer[s] what is known as polygenic screening, which gives parents what is essentially a risk profile on each embryo’s propensity for conditions, such as heart disease.”
Parents who opt to use Orchid get an extensive analysis of their embryos’ risk analysis for a variety of health conditions, including (but not limited to) autism, severe obesity, Alzheimer’s, inflammatory bowel disease, schizophrenia, diabetes, and breast cancer. …
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine in the Situation Room with President Donald Trump, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Vice President JD Vance, and others on June 21, 2025 (Official White House Photo Daniel Torok/Flickr). Cropped
