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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 Kathleen Pierce, Nursing Clio | 04.24.2018

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andme has recently been described by journalist Erika Check Hayden as a “unicorn.”1 For...

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By Jennifer Schmidt and Thomas Lu, NPR | 04.23.2018

The day was June 4, 1924. A dark-haired girl, just 17 years old, was admitted to the Virginia State Colony...

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By Deborah Netburn, Los AngelesTimes | 04.23.2018

Biology textbooks may be due for a rewrite.

For the first time, scientists have detected a DNA structure inside living...

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By Megan Molteni, Wired | 04.20.2018

Almost exactly a year ago, 23andMe earned the right to tell people what diseases might be lurking in their DNA. Since then...

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By Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine | 04.19.2018
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By Jalelah Abu Baker, Channel News Asia | 04.19.2018

SINGAPORE: The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) is reviewing its current stand against genetic modification with regards to genetic disorders passed...

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By Katie Worth, Frontline | 04.19.2018

When the DNA results came back, even Lukis Anderson thought he might have committed the murder.

“I drink a lot,”...

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By Malcolm Ritter, AP [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.18.2018

So you want to have a baby.

Would you like a dark-haired girl with a high risk of someday getting...