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Meet the grown-up designer babies created by Robert Graham's Genius Sperm Bank in 1970s America. Were any geniuses?Key facts
- Germinal choice was introduced by millionaire Robert Graham.
- Children born of his sperm bank show higher than average intelligence.
- Now PGD can determine gender and genetic disorder in an embryo.
- Debates rages as to how much choice we should have over our embryos.
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In the 1970s, American millionaire Robert Klark Graham created the Repository for Germinal Choice – the world's first 'designer baby' sperm bank.
His dream: to use the sperm of some of the world's most brilliant men to create a race of genius children.
But of the 217 children created by …
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