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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...

An individual crouches down on a lab counter to get a better look at the sample at hand.
By Cary Funk and Meg Hefferon, Pew Research Center | 07.26.2018

Americans’ views on the appropriateness of changing a baby’s genetic characteristics depend in large part on the intended purpose and...

Image of pharmaceutical bottles and pills scattered across a black surface.
By Maggie Fox, NBC News | 07.25.2018

Home DNA test results from the 5 million customers of 23andMe will now be used by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline to...

Lettuce plants grown indors in white containers.
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 07.25.2018

Gene-edited crops should be subject to the same stringent regulations as conventional genetically modified (GM) organisms, Europe’s highest court ruled...

Digital illustration of DNA; painted blue on a darker blue background.
By Katherine Lindemann, Research Gate | 07.23.2018

A study released last week suggests that the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 may not be as precise as previously thought...

An image of in vitro fertilization in black and white.
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 07.23.2018

By 2100, in vitro fertilization (IVF) might account for 3.5% of the global population — some 400 million people...

A lab technician places oocyte vials in storage compartment.
By Peter Goffin, The Globe and Mail | 07.22.2018

A lawsuit filed by a Toronto woman against a fertility clinic that she claims was responsible for the loss of...

Image of goup of people waving pride flag and Israeli flag.
By David Kaufman, Quartz | 07.20.2018

Major strikes are planned across Israel this Sunday (July 22) to protest a new law that essentially excludes LGBT couples...

Image of a recently fertilized egg with few cells.
By Richard Hayes, Financial Times | 07.18.2018

The Nuffield Council’s approval of the creation of genetically modified children is inexcusable (“ Human gene editing morally permissible, says...