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In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Bay Area startups are focused on just that. It wouldn’t be the first...

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered...

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

UK and US flags
By Natalie Gamble, PET BioNews | 08.11.2025

UK and US flags, by Tvabutzku1234, CC0 1.0

President Trump has signed an Executive Order to end birthright citizenship...

Protesting Against Monsanto and GMOs
By Staff, GMWatch | 08.10.2025

Protesting Against Monsanto and GMOs
by William Murphy, CC2.0

GMWatch has published a series of interviews with the late scientist Dr...

IVF graphic
By Aria Bendix, NBC News | 08.08.2025

President Donald Trump has nicknamed himself “the fertilization president,” but six months after he formally pledged to expand...

stem cells graphic
By Gregory Laub and Hannah Glaser, MedPage Today | 08.07.2025

In this MedPage Today interview, Leigh Turner, PhD, a professor of health policy and bioethics at the University of California...

Drawing of mitochondrial DNA
By Katherine Drabiak, Journal of Medical Ethics Forum | 08.07.2025

Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

Sydney Sweeney at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
By Tania Fabo, Newsweek | 08.06.2025

"Sydney Sweeney" by Jay Dixit, CC 4.0

American Eagle came under fire recently for an ad campaign featuring...

eugenics graphic
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

eugenics graphic
By Sayantani DasGupta, MedPage Today | 08.05.2025

It's just a jeans ad.

It's not that deep.

It's just social media outrage.

Should physicians care about the recent...