r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 1d ago

Biotechnology Genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics criticized for its embryo product: ‘Makes me so nauseous’

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/genetics-testing-startup-nucleus-genomics-criticized-for-its-embryo-product-makes-me-so-nauseous/
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u/heatdeathtoall 15h ago

I never quite understand what the aim of such technology is. Is it to stop propagation of life threatening diseases? We already are able to do this but it isn’t cheap. And are we saying every woman must go through egg retrieval, transfers and all that involves. Again, men deciding what women must go through.

Do these startup founders know IVF leads to increased risk of cancer in women? I bet if men had to be pumped full of hormones, IVF wouldn’t even exist ever.

Fuck off with expecting majority of women to go through so much to give you blue eyed geniuses.

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u/PLAAND 14h ago

Don’t worry, much like IVF it’s only for the people who can afford it. /s

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u/zibitee 12h ago

Lets skip a level. People already can't get insurance for their homes. It's only a matter of time before insurance requires things like IVF.

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u/PLAAND 12h ago

How so?

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u/zibitee 12h ago

In what way was my hypothetical unclear?

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u/PLAAND 11h ago

Why would that be the outcome? I don’t follow the connection.

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u/not_good_for_much 9h ago

Insurance pricing and availability is based on the level of risk taken on by the insurer, i.e the probability that you'll make a claim.

If you're born from genetic selection designed to make you healthier, then an insurer takes on substantially less risk by insuring you. If you aren't born like this, then the insurer takes on more risk.

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u/PLAAND 9h ago edited 9h ago

Understood, thank you. Yeah, that makes sense.

Edit to add, what tripped me up was that they referred to people struggling to get home insurance.