Parents who believe genetic tests can give their children an edge partake in such services despite little to no actual scientific basis to them.





According to a report by the MIT Technology Review, a clinic at the China Bioengineering Technology Group in Shenzhen offered such “talent testing” services. The facility, described as “half medical clinic and half high-end spa,” also provides other medical procedures such as plastic surgery and even traditional Chinese medicine treatments.





The clinic reportedly has a thick book listing over 200 indicators that a child is tested for. Among those listed include potential hereditary conditions; musical, mathematical, and reading abilities; physical talents and attributes; like shyness, introversion, extroversion, and memory.





According to an agent working in the facility, they receive around one to two hundred parents testing their children per week.



