Estimated IQ score difference of 14.3 points among 10 embryos... does not mean an actual increase in IQ

Nucleus Genomics estimated a 14.3-point spread between the highest and lowest predicted intelligence scores when comparing 10 IVF embryos, based on its Vitruvian white paper published in September 2026. The same analysis put the high-to-low gap at 10.8 points for a five-embryo comparison, and estimated the predicted advantage of the top-scoring embryo over an average embryo at roughly 7 points for 10 embryos and about 5 points for five. The company derived that average-embryo gap as half of the high-to-low spread. The figures are statistical predictions at the embryo stage, not measured IQ gains in children born from those embryos. What to watch next is whether follow-up data on born children validate the predicted score differences.