‘Picking your baby’: Genetics startup sells test to rank embryos by IQ, height, looks

Nucleus Genomics unveiled a $5,999 service Wednesday allowing prospective parents to rank embryos created during in vitro fertilization (IVF) by projected IQ, height, eye color and nearly 900 health-related traits before deciding which to implant.

The New York startup crunches whole-genome data supplied by partner labs to generate “polygenic” risk scores, then delivers a dashboard that lists each embryo’s predicted smarts, stature, looks and lifespan alongside probabilities for major killers like cancer and Alzheimer’s...