{"id":299738,"date":"2025-11-27T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/should-you-be-able-to-pick-your-babys-genetic-code\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:05:14","slug":"should-you-be-able-to-pick-your-babys-genetic-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/should-you-be-able-to-pick-your-babys-genetic-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you be able to pick your baby&#8217;s genetic code?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8ilnLCEpSiQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Should you be able to pick your baby's genetic code?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ilnLCEpSiQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A US clinic is offering would-be parents the chance to select traits like height and intelligence to &quot;genetically optimise&quot; their future babies on top of the usual screenings for hereditary diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the start-up company have questioned the ethics of this and experts in human genetics are also questioning the science behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Niall talks to Sky&#8217;s science and technology editor Tom Clarke about what the concerns are.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Tom Gillespie<\/p>\n<p>Editor: Wendy Parker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US clinic is offering would-be parents the chance to select traits like height and intelligence to &quot;genetically optimise&quot; their future babies on top of the usual screenings for hereditary diseases. 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