Imagine the unbelievable expectations that come with being among the small number of "designer babies" — children whose embryos are handpicked before birth so that they possess their parent's ...

The first designer babies, created by editing out imperfections at the embryonic stage, were born in 2018, around 40 years after the first test tube baby was made in 1978. Dr He Jiankui, a Chinese ...

Two days after his historic birth, Jamie Whitaker is cradled lovingly in the arms of the brother he was born to save. Jamie is Britain's first "designer" baby - genetically matched while still an ...

A leading fertility doctor is preparing to fight a landmark legal battle that could win parents the right to create a "designer" baby to save the life of their sick child. Mohammed Taranissi has ...