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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...

Perennial Monocot Stem: Amphivasal Vascular Bundle in Acorus Rhizome cross section
By Rob Stein, NPR | 07.16.2025

Scientists can protect children from being born with certain devastating genetic disorders by creating "three-parent" babies, according to the results...

An IVF graphic
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 07.16.2025

Eight babies have been born in the UK thanks to a technology that uses DNA from three people: the two...

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By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 07.16.2025

A group of well-heeled, 30-something women sat down to dinner last spring at a table set with pregnancy-friendly mocktails and...

Image of a chess board
By Frank Landymore, Futurism | 07.15.2025

We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed the AI industry after...

DNA graphic
By Jared Whitlock, Endpoints News | 07.15.2025

Patient groups face a harder and unpredictable path going state-by-state to boost screening for rare but treatable conditions after the...

IVF graphic
By Lucy Tu, The Atlantic | 07.11.2025

Donald Trump—who is, by his own accounting, “the fertilization president” and “the father of IVF”—wants to help Americans reproduce. During...

Graphic of IVF
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 07.11.2025

The Walking Egg project is bringing IVF to rural communities in South Africa.

This week I’m sending congratulations to two...

DNA graphic
By Annika Inampudi, Science | 07.10.2025

Before a baby in the United States reaches a few days old, doctors will run biochemical tests on a few...