Cell November 2019 PMID 31761530

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility.

Ehud Karavani, Or Zuk, Danny Zeevi, Nir Barzilai, Nikos C Stefanis, Alex Hatzimanolis, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Leonid Kruglyak, Gil Atzmon, Max Lam, Todd Lencz, Shai Carmi

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What people are saying

This collection of discussions reflects a consensus that embryo screening for traits like height and IQ has minimal predictive power, illustrated by comments referencing seminal papers and emphasizing that benefits are small and uncertain. The tone balances scientific rigor and skepticism, with some posts debating ethical concerns, which demonstrates thoughtful engagement and recognition of the publication's influence in shaping scientific discourse.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the limited utility of embryo polygenic screening, citing specific studies and emphasizing that current methods offer only small predictive gains.

InterestHigh interest

Many posts actively engage with the topic, referencing scientific papers and debates about ethical implications, indicating high curiosity and concern among intellectual circles.

EngagementHigh engagement

Discussions involve detailed analysis of research findings, including citations of studies like Karavani et al., and explore implications, showing deep intellectual engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

The conversations highlight that the publication influences ongoing scientific and ethical debates, although the direct practical impact remains limited due to methodological constraints.

Abstract in brief

  • The study examines the potential benefits of screening human embryos for traits like height and intelligence using polygenic scores, but finding that the actual improvement is minimal.
  • The expected increase in traits from embryo screening is small, around 0.25 cm for height and 2.5 IQ points, and these outcomes have wide variations making predictions uncertain.
  • The findings suggest that, given current technology, embryo screening offers limited utility in significantly enhancing complex traits, and often the top-scoring embryo isn't the physically tallest or smartest among siblings.]

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Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

Most recently Visscher et al. 2025 Nature (https://t.co/Wk97zhNBin) on germline editing; but also Karavani et al. 2019 Cell (https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ) and Turley et al. 2021 NEJM (https://t.co/rIfZxfaUva) on embryo selection. Nature, Cell, and NEJM are hardly unknown venues.

Feb 21, 2025 · 120 likes · 4 shares · 20,429 followers View post →
Graham Coop
@Graham_Coop · X

There are some papers about the limited utility of PGS for embryo screening, e.g. Karavani et al, but I'm guessing those aren't the ones she's hoping parents read https://t.co/sI4gnPmlg0

Apr 10, 2021 · 26 likes · 2 shares · 18,724 followers View post →
Kevin Mitchell
@WiringTheBrain · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudkar, @ShaiCarmi + colleagues https://t.co/Rb3BUryr7q

Nov 22, 2019 · 20 likes · 6 shares · 40,450 followers View post →
Diana S. Fleischman
@sentientist · X

References Misstated above -"approximately 1 to 5 IQ points for *an* additional year of education" https://t.co/DSU7UNl1e2 Polygenic screening of embryos - given 10 embryos (paper from 2019 and screening is better now) https://t.co/tRMWZmMULd https://t.co/z0fScgYgZ1

Apr 9, 2023 · 19 likes · 68,598 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

The core issue is captured by two seminal papers. First, Karavani et al. 2019 (https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ) found that screening embryos for continuous traits has limited utility. Then, in 2021 many of the same authors found that selection CAN reduce risk for certain diseases. https://t.co/zgrWJnrBvg

Aug 10, 2025 · 17 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
Leonid Kruglyak
@leonidkruglyak · X

@jashapiro @Graham_Coop I’ll just leave this here: https://t.co/qUDkgSUyqS

Apr 8, 2021 · 15 likes · 15,931 followers View post →

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Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

@immune_goeswild Yeah, I'm of the opinion that this technology has limited utility (e.g. https://t.co/jZNoiJpm1h and https://t.co/RVvq04Gr5g) but you can get impressive looking *relative* risk reductions for low incidence traits.

Nov 23, 2025 · 6 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
Madam Mitochondria
@Madam_Mito · X

@biogerontology https://t.co/em2y5NeDYL

Nov 23, 2025 · 10,768 followers View post →
Víðópnir
@rnbrd · X

@ArtemisConsort Not bad because of Hitler, but laughably dumb because it's eugenic pseudoscience. You can't select for IQ like this b/c polygenic scores are just 4-10% of the variance in IQ. A "top-scoring" embryo results in an average gain of only 2.5 IQ points. https://t.co/ALU6MNqJIX

Oct 22, 2025 · 1 like · 175 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@sashagusevposts.bsky.social · Bluesky

The core issue is captured by two seminal papers. First, Karavani et al. 2019 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31761530/) found that screening embryos for continuous traits has limited utility. Then, in 2021 many of the same authors found that selection CAN reduce risk for certain diseases.

Aug 10, 2025 · 4 likes · 2 shares View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

The core issue is captured by two seminal papers. First, Karavani et al. 2019 (https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ) found that screening embryos for continuous traits has limited utility. Then, in 2021 many of the same authors found that selection CAN reduce risk for certain diseases. https://t.co/zgrWJnrBvg

Aug 10, 2025 · 17 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

@how_now00 The TLDR is that Karavani et al ( https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ ) are still correct. The practical utility is limited and the uncertainty is still very high.

Aug 1, 2025 · 3 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
AtypAlly
@AtypAlly · X

RT @SashaGusevPosts: Most recently Visscher et al. 2025 Nature (https://t.co/Wk97zhNBin) on germline editing; but also Karavani et al. 2019…

Feb 22, 2025 · 4 shares · 206 followers View post →
Of Quartz
@PunishedQuartz · X

RT @SashaGusevPosts: Most recently Visscher et al. 2025 Nature (https://t.co/Wk97zhNBin) on germline editing; but also Karavani et al. 2019…

Feb 21, 2025 · 4 shares · 571 followers View post →
Ben Hardisty, PhD
@TomHardyofmath · X

RT @SashaGusevPosts: Most recently Visscher et al. 2025 Nature (https://t.co/Wk97zhNBin) on germline editing; but also Karavani et al. 2019…

Feb 21, 2025 · 4 shares · 1,237 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

Most recently Visscher et al. 2025 Nature (https://t.co/Wk97zhNBin) on germline editing; but also Karavani et al. 2019 Cell (https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ) and Turley et al. 2021 NEJM (https://t.co/rIfZxfaUva) on embryo selection. Nature, Cell, and NEJM are hardly unknown venues.

Feb 21, 2025 · 120 likes · 4 shares · 20,429 followers View post →
Av P
@AvP261357390235 · X

RT @SashaGusevPosts: For continuous traits, this utility is expected to be low even with a perfect GWAS-based predictor. Behavioral traits,…

Jul 14, 2024 · 3 shares · 1 followers View post →
Gh-Em Sp
@daxtages500 · X

RT @SashaGusevPosts: For continuous traits, this utility is expected to be low even with a perfect GWAS-based predictor. Behavioral traits,…

Jul 13, 2024 · 3 shares · 158 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

For continuous traits, this utility is expected to be low even with a perfect GWAS-based predictor. Behavioral traits, in particular, have low within-family heritability. These expectations were derived and demonstrated in [Karavani et al. https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ]. https://t.co/yzPT0ypMOB

Jul 13, 2024 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 20,429 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

@SpencrGreenberg It's very context specific. In general for continuous traits the benefits for embryo screening using a polygenic score are pretty small (https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ). But for disease there can be some meaningful reduction especially if parents are cases (https://t.co/yriSr584NF).

Jun 30, 2024 · 3 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
Niccolò 光头
@JollyJoker84 · X

@BronskiJoseph Or maybe not: https://t.co/PgaFTuJoDP

Feb 19, 2024 · 162 followers View post →
まみら
@mamira00 · X

多遺伝子形質についてヒト胚をスクリーニングすることの有用性は限られている https://t.co/jF7erCWJVT

Jan 9, 2024 · 139 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

@PaolaAmato Yes, there's a good derivation here [ https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ ]. The EA PGI explains ~1% of IQ directly (in Okbay 2022) so an expected gain of 1-2 IQ points under idealized conditions.

Dec 30, 2023 · 4 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
dialecticbio.bsky.social
@DialecticBio · X

@datepsych @RebeccaSear "but not “it doesn’t work.”" Wait, you think embryo selection works? https://t.co/yIntFRMC5i https://t.co/4mYtwCTkgh

Nov 22, 2023 · 2 likes · 5,247 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

@Bioliberalism @workercommie @krichard1212 @billionsmustliv @Hitchslap1 @EvolOdonata @monitoringbias @charlesmurray @jacobin embryo selection for IQ doesn't work: https://t.co/jZNoiJoObJ

Sep 16, 2023 · 2 likes · 20,429 followers View post →
まみら
@mamira00 · X

https://t.co/jF7erCWJVT

Aug 13, 2023 · 139 followers View post →
Dr. Saint Thomas Faquin
@dr_faquin · X

@Xavlord_fr @SecondWindEsca https://t.co/0rVzHB5mKl

Aug 10, 2023 · 8,381 followers View post →
まみら
@mamira00 · X

多遺伝子形質についてヒト胚をスクリーニングすることの有用性は限られている https://t.co/jF7erCWJVT

Aug 6, 2023 · 139 followers View post →
Diana S. Fleischman
@sentientist · X

References Misstated above -"approximately 1 to 5 IQ points for *an* additional year of education" https://t.co/DSU7UNl1e2 Polygenic screening of embryos - given 10 embryos (paper from 2019 and screening is better now) https://t.co/tRMWZmMULd https://t.co/z0fScgYgZ1

Apr 9, 2023 · 19 likes · 68,598 followers View post →
Ewan Birney
@ewanbirney · X

Even in the current studies (https://t.co/JrD2bvY1H2) there is a surprising to me high variance of the scores on multi-sib families and I definitely agree with the authors "Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility"

Feb 19, 2023 · 47,799 followers View post →
Todd Lencz
@ToddLencz · X

@antonioregalado @ewanbirney @patrickaturley @ShaiCarmi As you recall, we have empirically examined PRS height prediction in real families with 10+ (adult) children. The results were not impressive, but closely matched our statistical models and simulations cc: @matthewherper https://t.co/EDHFgRupvg

Feb 10, 2023 · 1 like · 732 followers View post →
Shai Carmi
@ShaiCarmi · X

@ewanbirney Exactly. This is why our paper is titled: "Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility". But turns out that if you do the same math for diseases, then even with all the remaining variance, you get very nice (relative) risk reductions.

Jan 30, 2023 · 3,836 followers View post →
libereso
@dubioushandle · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility https://t.co/XEDmQObyW8 https://t.co/nlfKdNiCVr

Aug 30, 2021 · 16 shares · 882 followers View post →
John Didion, PhD (
@jdidion · X

RT @Graham_Coop: @jdidion Ah I misunderstood there are some pieces starting to come out https://t.co/sI4gnPmlg0 https://t.co/Nbl1WIfxcC

Apr 11, 2021 · 1 share · 823 followers View post →
Graham Coop
@Graham_Coop · X

@jdidion Ah I misunderstood there are some pieces starting to come out https://t.co/sI4gnPmlg0 https://t.co/Nbl1WIfxcC

Apr 11, 2021 · 1 share · 18,724 followers View post →
Graham Coop
@Graham_Coop · X

There are some papers about the limited utility of PGS for embryo screening, e.g. Karavani et al, but I'm guessing those aren't the ones she's hoping parents read https://t.co/sI4gnPmlg0

Apr 10, 2021 · 26 likes · 2 shares · 18,724 followers View post →
Antonis Antoniou
@antonis02 · X

@GENES_PK @FachalLaura @paulpharoah Waste of money though..... https://t.co/h9DFNgEikg

Apr 9, 2021 · 2 likes · 477 followers View post →
Bogdan Pasaniuc
@bpasaniuc · X

@hjpimentel I'm gonna drop this here: https://t.co/FNK2WsRWgu

Apr 8, 2021 · 12 likes · 2,823 followers View post →
Brooke N. Wolford, PhD
@bnwolford · X

@dr_appie I’ve also never understood this because there are so few permutations of polygenic scores amongst the few healthy embryos generated from a population of eggs and population of sperm. Even ignoring the ethics (which we shouldn’t) the utility seems limited. https://t.co/sxWxNo6esd

Apr 8, 2021 · 3 likes · 1 share · 1,072 followers View post →
Leonid Kruglyak
@leonidkruglyak · X

@jashapiro @Graham_Coop I’ll just leave this here: https://t.co/qUDkgSUyqS

Apr 8, 2021 · 15 likes · 15,931 followers View post →
Kevin Mitchell
@WiringTheBrain · X

RT @DrGeneUK: @WiringTheBrain You're likely aware, but I use this paper every time I have to make that argument: https://t.co/rPnvHQElvW

Mar 4, 2021 · 2 shares · 40,450 followers View post →
Eugene Gardner
@DrGeneUK · X

@WiringTheBrain You're likely aware, but I use this paper every time I have to make that argument: https://t.co/rPnvHQElvW

Mar 4, 2021 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 471 followers View post →
Science Alerts
@Science_Alerts · X

RT @EurekaMag: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/JwULk2tlQb

Nov 26, 2020 · 2 shares · 1,214 followers View post →
POPLINE
@POPLINE_org · X

RT @EurekaMag: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/JwULk2tlQb

Nov 26, 2020 · 2 shares · 5,184 followers View post →
EurekaMag
@EurekaMag · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/JwULk2tlQb

Nov 26, 2020 · 2 shares · 6,529 followers View post →
pims simp
@tnzn00 · X

@philippehune @Kum0kun @fendrelair @Omar_MalinGenie @AEffondrement @CNQTheorie https://t.co/WsvHCMxAOx

Aug 5, 2020 · 1,644 followers View post →
YourViceIsALockedRoom
@kannon_riki · X

https://t.co/aLGRbf2yvX

May 7, 2020 · 42 followers View post →
Jason Miller
@JEMgenes · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility #PrecisionMedicine https://t.co/3x7YEXOja6

Dec 9, 2019 · 622 followers View post →
Prof Kienan Savage
@KienanSavage · X

RT @clare__turnbull: Screening and selecting embryos based on polygenic risk score (PRS). You can get a predicted boost of 2.5 IQ points OR…

Nov 29, 2019 · 1 share · 184 followers View post →
Clare Turnbull- Prof/NHS Dr
@clare__turnbull · X

Screening and selecting embryos based on polygenic risk score (PRS). You can get a predicted boost of 2.5 IQ points OR 2.5cm of height (not both). A maelstrom of issues! @UKCGG.... Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/haWCe3ym9r

Nov 29, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 2,245 followers View post →
Seungmin Han
@SeungminHan3 · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility: Cell https://t.co/r1xfDIRpac

Nov 28, 2019 · 39 followers View post →
Jose F. Ruiz
@josefra1975 · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/yhXsN3kDWd

Nov 28, 2019 · 1 like · 378 followers View post →
April Pawluk
@AprilPawluk · X

RT @CellCellPress: Theory in this issue of Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility - https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 27, 2019 · 1 share · 4,412 followers View post →
Cell
@CellCellPress · X

Theory in this issue of Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility - https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 27, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 264,329 followers View post →
the paper link
@the_paper_link · X

Trend new: *Karavani E* et al (Cell) __Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility.__ https://t.co/jjjPoIw5fz

Nov 27, 2019 · 136 followers View post →
John Sanchez
@jamis42 · X

RT @GreggNeuroLab: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/dmNaJdepMJ

Nov 24, 2019 · 3 shares · 302 followers View post →
Kevin
@kevinltweets · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/pGmnVrWu8F

Nov 23, 2019 · 234 followers View post →
Leaders Ecoblogs
@ecoblogs · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/CFsosJjTBq #tylercowen

Nov 23, 2019 · 22 followers View post →
Nanci Guest PhD, RD, CSCS
@NanciGuestRDPhD · X

RT @SportsGenomics: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/d62L1PmFqa

Nov 23, 2019 · 1 share · 10,558 followers View post →
Ildus I. Ahmetov
@SportsGenomics · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/d62L1PmFqa

Nov 23, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 589 followers View post →
guzmanadrian
@guzmanadrian · X

"Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility" https://t.co/v2bfGNQvgw

Nov 23, 2019 · 794 followers View post →
Mark Carrington
@Stratocharge · X

Strato: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/TTyL9X0Hti #startup #entrepreneur https://t.co/C5j5S7TUYc

Nov 23, 2019 · 19,694 followers View post →
OccuWorld
@OccuWorld · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/yZKAUwCsz5

Nov 23, 2019 · 8,692 followers View post →
demos+graphy
@demos_graphy · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/yw95v78gIw

Nov 22, 2019 · 91 followers View post →
Marginal Revolution
@MargRev · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/Qd9ePexGp8

Nov 22, 2019 · 77,644 followers View post →
Jay Hancock
@jayhancock1 · X

Maybe designer babies are not in the immediate future. https://t.co/4XLmIQXTql

Nov 22, 2019 · 1 like · 6,943 followers View post →
Edward Grow, PhD
@ControllingLMNT · X

RT @GreggNeuroLab: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/dmNaJdepMJ

Nov 22, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,685 followers View post →
Kursad Turksen
@kursadturksen · X

#EMBRYO Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/Ae4noFBJLM

Nov 22, 2019 · 235 followers View post →
Anshul Kundaje
@anshulkundaje · X

RT @GreggNeuroLab: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/dmNaJdepMJ

Nov 22, 2019 · 3 shares · 27,752 followers View post →
AnonRere
@AnonRere · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/r9BQJWsV1c

Nov 22, 2019 · 2,209 followers View post →
christopher gregg
@GreggNeuroLab · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/dmNaJdepMJ

Nov 22, 2019 · 4 likes · 3 shares · 962 followers View post →
RaceRealist
@Race__Realist · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudk…

Nov 22, 2019 · 6 shares · 4,244 followers View post →
Claire Ainsworth
@ClaireAinsworth · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudk…

Nov 22, 2019 · 6 shares · 3,568 followers View post →
Ram Fernando
@RamFernando1 · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudk…

Nov 22, 2019 · 6 shares · 901 followers View post →
Jeremy Farrar
@JeremyFarrar · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudk…

Nov 22, 2019 · 6 shares · 75,918 followers View post →
Bioinformatics Masters @ Birkbeck
@bioinfoBBK · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudk…

Nov 22, 2019 · 6 shares · 612 followers View post →
Ewan Birney
@ewanbirney · X

RT @WiringTheBrain: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudk…

Nov 22, 2019 · 6 shares · 47,799 followers View post →
Kevin Mitchell
@WiringTheBrain · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/8ecSNfcJGF - really nice work from @ehudkar, @ShaiCarmi + colleagues https://t.co/Rb3BUryr7q

Nov 22, 2019 · 20 likes · 6 shares · 40,450 followers View post →
Silvia Sánchez-Ramón
@SilviaSchzRamon · X

RT @StefanoBerto83: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility: Cell https://t.co/uH5BouvnkZ

Nov 22, 2019 · 1 share · 1,678 followers View post →
FrezzaLab
@FrezzaLab · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/CO9nbf42D7

Nov 22, 2019 · 26,909 followers View post →
JWeltner
@WeltnerJ · X

RT @CellCellPress: New Theory online now at Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 22, 2019 · 5 shares · 61 followers View post →
KS
@KS83436347 · X

RT @CellCellPress: New Theory online now at Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 21, 2019 · 5 shares · 12 followers View post →
T⁷ MD,PhD
@tokitky · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/Lx2byIRut3

Nov 21, 2019 · 1 like · 3,998 followers View post →
Stefano Berto, PhD
@StefanoBerto83 · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility: Cell https://t.co/uH5BouvnkZ

Nov 21, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 7,881 followers View post →
April Pawluk
@AprilPawluk · X

RT @CellCellPress: New Theory online now at Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 21, 2019 · 5 shares · 4,412 followers View post →
Ariane Lismer
@arianelismer · X

RT @CellCellPress: New Theory online now at Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 21, 2019 · 5 shares · 489 followers View post →
BryanRoth
@zenbrainest · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/14NFuvlf2I

Nov 21, 2019 · 2 likes · 17,145 followers View post →
Josh Goldberg Lab
@GoldbergLab · X

way to go @ShaiCarmi ! Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility: Cell https://t.co/G6aU7Bwtj4

Nov 21, 2019 · 1 like · 1,316 followers View post →
Audrey Renée Bentley
@BentleyAudrey · X

Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/4ywlVmQTGz

Nov 21, 2019 · 1 like · 33,095 followers View post →
Alexis Lomakin, Ph.D. (אל) אַלעקסיס לאָמאַקין
@Alexis_Lomakin · X

RT @CellCellPress: New Theory online now at Cell: Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility https://t.co/mvVpoPH2ey

Nov 21, 2019 · 5 shares · 3,662 followers View post →
Frank Norman
@franknorman · X

RT @ShaiCarmi: Just posted our manuscript "Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility" We provide an empirical found…

Nov 7, 2019 · 74 shares · 1,892 followers View post →
Claude Bhérer
@claudebherer · X

@ShaiCarmi et al. study an important question: Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility https://t.co/zPVolZJ1VG

Oct 27, 2019 · 2 likes · 354 followers View post →
Cecilia Lindgren
@ceclindgren · X

RT @biorxivpreprint: Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility https://t.co/G6EzCVxVqk #bioRxiv

Oct 18, 2019 · 2 shares · 8,236 followers View post →
Stephen Turner
@strnr · X

RT @biorxivpreprint: Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility https://t.co/G6EzCVxVqk #bioRxiv

Oct 18, 2019 · 2 shares · 30,920 followers View post →
PET
@PET_BioNews · X

Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility. https://t.co/vkY2NH1muH

May 28, 2019 · 6,874 followers View post →
Pietro Bortoletto MD, MSc
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RT @ShaiCarmi: Just posted our manuscript "Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility" We provide an empirical found…

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