D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.

Executive Director

Pick Your Baby

No longer a fantasy game, picking your baby is now on offer — at least, if you believe the advertisements. The Nucleus website touts decreased worry, risk, and uncertainty for potential parents. How? It begins with the would-be mother and father submitting their cheek swabs for genetic testing of 2,000+ conditions. The current cost of the “mash-up” of the two genomes is about $1,000. That precedes undergoing what the website calls “IVF+,” the cost ...read more