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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 Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Smithsonian | 02.05.2018

Genomics is cheaper and more available then ever, but its usefulness for parents has yet to be proven

Before Cheryl...

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By The Japan Times, The Japan Times Editorial | 02.03.2018

A damages lawsuit filed by a woman forcibly sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law should prompt the government to...

Indian woman sitting on bed holding a baby surrounded by two other Indian women
By Olinda Timms, The Wire | 02.03.2018

As one country responds with a ban on commercial surrogacy, the market just shifts to the next unregulated destination. An...

Three diploid chromosomes
By Carolyn Abraham, The Globe and Mail | 02.03.2018

Ever since DNA was first used in 1986 to catch a killer, it's swashbuckled its way through society as an almost infallible...

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By Japan Times, Japan Times | 02.02.2018

Lawyers in five cities set up telephone counseling hotlines Friday for individuals who were forced into sterilization or affected by...

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By Pete Shanks, Medium | 02.02.2018

Let’s Not Distort Debates about Human Cloning and Heritable Gene Editing

Cloning is back in the headlines. Researchers managed to...

Pregnant woman holding her stomach
By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 02.01.2018

Doctors in Newcastle have been granted permission to create Britain’s first “three-person babies” for two women who are at risk...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 01.31.2018

Toxic effects seen in animals raise questions about new gene therapies for children.

An influential scientist involved in gene therapy’s...