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


Nucleus Genomics, a genetic testing startup founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi, is once again courting controversy.

Nucleus Genomics, a genetic testing startup founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi, initially launched in 2021 with the goal of calculating a patient’s risk for specific diseases. On Wednesday, it ratcheted up the controversy to an ear-splitting level when it announced a new product called Nucleus Embryo with a tweet that said: “Every parent wants to give their children more than they had. Or, as Sadeghi said in the launch video aimed at would-be parents: “Not that long ago IVF-1 sparked fear and the stigma of test tube babies,” he said.

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