Orchid Health is a startup offering advanced genetic screening services for embryos, with prices starting around $22,500. It prides itself on fully sequencing embryos' genomes from just five cells, promising more predictive capabilities than rival firms. Reports suggest that its services have been utilized by Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis for at least one of their children. The company claims to screen for intellectual disabilities but downplays associations with eugenics, despite accusations about using algorithms to predict intelligence. The situation raises questions about Musk's views on reproduction and parental selection of superior traits.
Orchid Health provides clients the chance to screen embryos for genetic illnesses, boasting the ability to sequence an entire genome with only five cells.
Elon Musk's and Shivon Zilis's involvement with Orchid Health reveals an interest in selective reproduction methods amid Musk's belief in intelligent progeny.
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