designer baby
a baby developing from an embryo created by in-vitro fertilization and selected because it had or lacked particular genes, the genetic makeup often having been modified by genetic engineering.
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Without PGD, none of these approaches, from disease prevention to designer babies, could take place.
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CRISPR gives us the power to short-circuit evolution. What now? | Dina Temple-Raston | May 21, 2021 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for designer baby
informal a baby that is the product of genetic engineering
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