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 ...

Furthermore, the developing technologies of genetic alteration open up a whole new set of possibilities -- which could result in so-called "designer babies." The technique -- known as inheritable ...

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 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 ...

Jamie is Britain's first "designer" baby - genetically matched while still an IVF embryo to his four-year-old brother, Charlie, in the hope of curing a rare type of anaemia which threatens the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The future of genetics might someday open up and allow us to create children in a lab, designed to our exact specifications. But astrophysicist and "StarTalk Radio ...

While it might seem like it is straight out of science fiction, designer babies are becoming a reality. For instance, in 2019, He Jiankui, Chinese researcher was found guilty and jailed for three ...

Watch Designer Babies for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now! Insight looks at the ethics of so-called designer-babies.