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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 baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

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

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

Human embryo at four-cell stage on an aqua-colored background
By Sheryl Ubelacker, The National Post | 02.04.2019

TORONTO — Women who become pregnant using fertility treatments — particularly in-vitro fertilization — have a slightly higher risk of...

Different colored DNA letters descending down a wall
By The Editorial Board, The New York Times | 02.01.2019

Last month, the DNA-testing company 23andMe secured Food and Drug Administration approval for a new screening for gene-based health risks...

Pipet in a test tube
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 02.01.2019

At his keyboard in Austin, Texas, Bryan Bishop was writing quickly. A nationally ranked speed typist, he had drafted a...

Microscopic picture of egg cells and embryos
By Rob Stein, National Public Radio [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.01.2019

A scientist in New York is conducting experiments designed to modify DNA in human embryos as a step toward someday...

A building on the Rice University campus
By Jane Qiu, STAT News | 01.31.2019

BEIJING — An American scientist at Rice University was far more involved in the widely condemned “CRISPR babies” experiment than...

Man holding up clear plate with DNA
By Salvador Hernandez, BuzzFeed News | 01.31.2019

Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry...

A small child with curly hair holds a finger on an adult's hand
By Pilar Álvarez, El País | 01.30.2019

In a little over a decade, the number of foreign children adopted by Spanish parents has plunged from 5,541 to...

Two pairs of scissors cutting a strand of DNA
By The Editorial Board, The New York Times | 01.28.2019

Scientists quickly condemned the Chinese researcher who altered the DNA of at least two embryos to create the world’s first genetically edited...