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The US tech startup promising smarter babies – podcast

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70% Informative

A startup company, Heliospect Genomics , is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises questions about the ethics of genetic enhancement. Science correspondent Hannah Devlin tells Madeleine Finlay about the joint investigation into the company by the Guardian and the campaign group Hope Not Hate The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. Support The Guardian .

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73

Informative language

75

Neutral language

39

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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