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A talk about informed choice and polygenic screening:
Herasight Verified account @herasight 2d
Herasight spoke at the second annual conference of the Reproductive Genetics Institute in Berkeley, CA.

Our first talk, by Jonathan Anomaly, addresses what constitutes informed choice in the context of polygenic embryo screening
youtube.com/watch?si=oVs7O…
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Announcing a new genetic predictor for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders:
Tobias Wolfram Verified account @_twolfram Oct 8
Today we launch NeuroRisk, the first embryo test for autism and schizophrenia that looks for mutations in evolutionarily important genes.

These mutations are individually rare but over 10% of people carry at least one mutation in this class.
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Exactly right. And embryo selection for intelligence can reduce or eliminate regression to the mean
Marino Linich Verified account @MarinoLinich Oct 5
Two parents with an IQ of 130 can expect about 6 children before one scores higher than they do.

Caveat: In reality, the number of children required may be a little lower, due to family history. Regression to the mean regresses toward family mean, not overall population mean.
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