Choosing the Next Generation: An Introduction to Embryo Screening

For many people, IVF is imagined as a medical procedure. In reality, it often becomes a series of difficult decisions: what information to learn, which tests to run, how to interpret genetic results, and what to do when science can offer probabilities but not certainty.

In this lecture, Christina Ren, a board-certified reproductive genetic counselor building the next generation of embryo screening technology, explores how genetics is transforming the IVF process. She explains what today's embryo screening can and cannot tell us, and why the field is moving beyond simple categories of "normal" and "abnormal."

As screening expands to include risks for conditions like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, this talk examines how families navigate one of the most complex questions in modern medicine: how should we use genetic information when making decisions about future generations?