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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...

Landscape photo of The Hollywood sign
By Zoe Williams, The Guardian | 10.30.2017

In Europe, 77% of IVF treatments fail – and doctors have suggested that famous people should be more honest about...

Two surgeons in uniform perform surgery on a patient, with tools in their hands and looking down at the patient.
By Elaine Schattner, Forbes | 10.29.2017

A horrifying story broke last week about a 36-year-old Oregon woman who had elective surgery to remove her uterus and...

Close-up of a sleeping newborn baby whose hand is held by an adult with slender fingers.
By Amy B. Wang, Washington Post | 10.28.2017

Jessica Allen was already the mother of two boys when she decided to become a surrogate.

The pay she would...

Microscopic image of IVF process
By Hille Haker, Leaps Magazine | 10.26.2017

Over the last few decades, the international community has issued several bioethical guidelines and legally binding documents, ranging from UN...

Silhouette against a  spotlight in the distance, of two hands putting together two pieces of a puzzle.
By Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, New York Times | 10.26.2017

The members of my family share a number of traits, but not one of them looks quite like me.

Many...

Close up of a transparent human model displayed in the Human Genome - Emerging Technologies Gallery - Science Exploration Hall in Kolkata. The model has repeating letters ATCG written in black.
By Nicola Davis, The Guardian | 10.25.2017

A breakthrough in “chemical surgery” that can correct a type of genetic mutation behind a host of diseases has been...

March for Science protesters sit and stand on staircase, and hold various signs and banners. In the background is the San Francisco Embarcadero.
By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 10.25.2017

An open letter, signed by current and former members of the group, set off the latest round of complaints about...

Empty medical supplies are gathered in a tray in a pile.
By Center for Genetics and Society, National Health Service | 10.24.2017
  1. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute evidence toward your investigation of genomics and genome editing in the NHS. 
  2. The Center for Genetics...