Daphne O. MartschenkoBioethicist and authorDaphne O. Martschenko is assistant professor of biomedical ethics at Stanford University. She is a co-author of "What We Inherit: How New Technologies and Old Myths Are Shaping Our Genomic Future" (Princeton University Press, 2026). Latest articles by Daphne O. Martschenko New tech allows parents to 'score' IVF embryos for desirable traits — and it's in desperate need of regulation By Sam Trejo, Daphne O. Martschenko published 20 February 26 Opinion Companies now offer polygenic embryo selection to prospective parents undergoing IVF. But the technology is dangerously underregulated. Opinion Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1'There will be leadership accountability': Bungled Boeing Starliner mission put stranded NASA crew at risk, report says2In a 'race against time,' archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away395 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head crest and waded through the Sahara's rivers like a 'hell heron'4Quantum computing news, features and articles5Solar flares may be triggering earthquakes, controversial study claims
New tech allows parents to 'score' IVF embryos for desirable traits — and it's in desperate need of regulation By Sam Trejo, Daphne O. Martschenko published 20 February 26 Opinion Companies now offer polygenic embryo selection to prospective parents undergoing IVF. But the technology is dangerously underregulated.
