IVF ‘will alter human evolution’ by allowing spread of genetic defects
Dr Hans Hanevik, fertility expert, says IVF could affect future generations Allowing defective genes to be passed on may impact human evolution The head of Telemark Hospital’s fertility department will make the comments to the European Society of Reproduction and Embryology at conference in Vienna Allowing couples who cannot conceive naturally to have babies through artificial fertilisation could alter human evolution, according to a leading fertility researcher.