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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...

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By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.29.2018

Using DNA to find a killer sounds easy: Upload some DNA to a database, get a match and — bingo...

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By Gina Kolata and Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 04.27.2018

Genetic testing services have become enormously popular with people looking for long-lost relatives or clues to hereditary diseases. Most never...

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By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 04.27.2018

When the East Area Rapist broke into the home of his first victim in 1976, human DNA had not yet...

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By Rachel Becker, The Verge | 04.26.2018

A veteran of the US Armed Forces has a new penis and scrotum after the most extensive penis transplant yet, ...

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By Telesur, Telesur TV | 04.26.2018

At least 2,000 people have filed lawsuits against the sterilizations, and official data says that 18 women died as a

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By Samantha Young, The Washington Post | 04.25.2018

Rosie Zaballos liked to host playtime tea parties and was sweet to everyone she met. But her older brother worried...

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By Eric Boodman, STAT | 04.25.2018

As soon as she saw her baby, Sarah Yaroch knew. Her father had the disorder, as did her nephew...

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By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 04.24.2018

One day last March, Kristin Comella took to the podium at a conference sponsored by the Academy of Regenerative Practices...

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