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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...

Technician working with test tubes
By Larry Mantle, KPCC AirTalk [features Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.12.2018

In 2004, Voters approved Proposition 71 by nearly 60 percent establishing a $3 billion bond to fund the science of...

A man and a woman holding the hands of a baby, laying on a white background.
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 09.12.2018

BOSTON — Kianni Arroyo clasps 8-year-old Sophia’s hands tightly as they spin around, giggling like mad. It’s late afternoon, and there...

Gloved hands moving small test tubes from one test tube rack to another
By Chronicle Editorial Board, San Francisco Chronicle | 09.11.2018

California’s pioneering decision to spend $3 billion on stem cell research isn’t producing cures after 14 years of work. Instead...

Brown judge's gavel lying on a white background.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 09.11.2018

AFTER THREE BITTER years and tens of millions of dollars in legal fees, the epic battle over who owns one of...

DNA inside a syringe on a blue background.
By Liz Szabo, The New York Times | 09.11.2018

Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in “precision medicine” — in which doctors try...

Microscopic image of in vitro fertilization. Sperm egg infusion on blue background.
By Adam Eley, BBC | 09.10.2018

There is an urgent need to tackle a decline in male fertility and address the "absurd" reliance on giving female...

Padlock attached to a DNA strand on a blue background.
By Monica Rodriguez, Fortune | 09.10.2018

Kylie Charles spent years carefully weighing the pros and cons of genetic testing until her curiosity got the better of...

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By Daniel Bojar, The Biologist [review of the book edited by CGS' Osagie K Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.06.2018

The dramatic pace of scientific discoveries in recent decades has not only led to remarkable improvements in domains such as...