‘Fortune-telling disguised as science’: Chinese parents splurge on ‘gimmick’ child gene tests in search of special talents


Parents seek to tailor child-raising with expensive gene tests. Experts warn there is no evidence that process works. — SCMP

Parents in China are paying thousands of yuan (hundreds of US dollars) to gene test their children in the hope of finding a unique natural talent against the advice of experts who say the process is bogus.

Mainland parents have been flocking to gene testing companies with samples of their children’s DNA, Beijing News reported.

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