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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...

4 open micro-centrifuge tubes being filled by pipet with DNA.
By Anna Almendrala, Huffington Post | 04.03.2018

Julie Kennerly-Shah and Summit Shah were dating back in 2016 when they decided to buy kits from 23andMe, the popular...

Arrow hitting target
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 04.02.2018

BIOTECH HAS BEEN betting big on Crispr, the gene-editing technique that promises to snip away some of humanity’s worst diseases. But...

A pair of white baby size shoes on top of a white calendar with the words "Due Date" circled in blue pen.
By Françoise Baylis and Alana Cattapan, The Conversation | 04.02.2018

In Canada, it’s illegal to pay for the services of a surrogate mother or to purchase human gametes — sperm...

Strand of yellow DNA with two wrenches unscrewing bolts on the DNA with the word "CRISPr" on it
By Text: Sharon Begley Video: Retro Report, STAT | 04.02.2018

Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it. And those who do not remember the sometimes...

A mannequin of a human with DNA nucleotides (A, G, T, C) sequenced across it's body.
By Alan Goodman, Marcy Darnovsky, et. al., New York Times | 04.02.2018

To the Editor:

In “‘Race’ in the Age of Modern Genetics” (Sunday Review, March 25), David Reich does...

California Supreme Court building in San Francisco, CA
By Jennifer Lynch, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 04.02.2018

In a disappointing and deeply divided opinion released today, the California Supreme Court upheld a state law law mandating DNA...

Neon outline of human head with brain highlighted
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 04.02.2018

Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast...

clip art of a straw man looking startled
By Jonathan Kahn, Alondra Nelson, Joseph Graves, Marcy Darnovsky, Osagie Obasogie, et. al., Buzzfeed | 03.30.2018

This open letter was produced by a group of 67 scientists and researchers. The full list of signatories can be...