I actually do agree with you here. At least in the short run, human knowledge probably already is better than past natural selection at picking genes that result in humans that end up healthy, intelligent, and fertile in the modern world that includes C-sections, baby formula, abundant calories, and antibiotics.
My wife’s family in particular tends to be very unhealthy and die young. She’s 31 now and if she manages to recover from her life-threatening medical conditions to the point that she can safely carry a pregnancy to term, it would help very much if we could do something to reduce our future child’s risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease, and heart disease so they won’t die before the age of 50.
I’m sorry to hear about your wife’s condition. I’ve had family members that have died young from diseases that most people get in old age as well. It’s a very painful experience.
If your outlook improves and you decide to do polygenic embryo screening, reach out to me and I can help give you a more personalized assessment of your prospects. The size of the absolute risk reduction you can get from embryo selection will actually be higher if your or your wife’s risk is higher. So the benefit will likely be higher for the two of you.
Also, the predictors for type 2, obesity, and heart disease are already very good, so if those are your concerns you’re in luck.
I actually do agree with you here. At least in the short run, human knowledge probably already is better than past natural selection at picking genes that result in humans that end up healthy, intelligent, and fertile in the modern world that includes C-sections, baby formula, abundant calories, and antibiotics.
My wife’s family in particular tends to be very unhealthy and die young. She’s 31 now and if she manages to recover from her life-threatening medical conditions to the point that she can safely carry a pregnancy to term, it would help very much if we could do something to reduce our future child’s risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease, and heart disease so they won’t die before the age of 50.
I’m sorry to hear about your wife’s condition. I’ve had family members that have died young from diseases that most people get in old age as well. It’s a very painful experience.
If your outlook improves and you decide to do polygenic embryo screening, reach out to me and I can help give you a more personalized assessment of your prospects. The size of the absolute risk reduction you can get from embryo selection will actually be higher if your or your wife’s risk is higher. So the benefit will likely be higher for the two of you.
Also, the predictors for type 2, obesity, and heart disease are already very good, so if those are your concerns you’re in luck.