Nucleus Genomics says Vitruvian can optimize embryo DNA for 14 IQ points: what within-family validation, five-embryo math, pleiotropy and an empty regulatory map allow it to deliver

Nucleus Genomics says their Vitruvian model can optimize embryo DNA for 14 IQ points. The claim traveled fast. Here is what the number actually means - and what it does not.

First: nothing is being edited. No CRISPR, no sequence changes. Vitruvian scores embryos that already exist from an IVF cycle and ranks them. The DNA is fixed. The selection order is…