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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...

The Legal Aid Society's logo. Several shapes, such as triangles, circles, squares, and rectangles, in various colors form a mosaic.
By Graham Rayman, New York Daily News | 09.12.2017

The Legal Aid Society launched a broadside Monday at the state’s familial DNA testing proposal, saying the move is an...

Anne Wojcicki appears engaged as a speaker on a panel.
By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 09.12.2017

The round, led by Sequoia Capital, will help 23andMe reach more new customers and double down on its efforts to

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By Gina Kolata, New York Times | 09.11.2017

The first gene therapy treatment in the United States was approved recently by the Food and Drug Administration, heralding...

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By Sarah Buhr, Tech Crunch | 09.09.2017

23andMe is best known for its $199 at-home spit-tube DNA test, but the consumer genetics company has been making strides...

A cracked light bulb is tipped on its side,a weak current is visible causing a glow. The background has an eerie mix of black and white colors and shadow.
By Jim Kozubek, Los Angeles Review of Books [cites CGS] | 09.07.2017

TWO TRENDS are on the rise, and one is about to make the other worse.

The first is epitomized in...

A gloved hand holds a DNA profile up to a light.
By Bradley J. Fikes, San Diego Union Tribune | 09.04.2017

Anonymized genomes can be traced back to the people they came from by linking the data to identifiable individual traits, ...

On a desk lies a judge's wooden gavel, and two books.
By Charles Piller, STAT | 08.31.2017

Proove Biosciences, a formerly high-flying genetic testing firm whose science and business practices have been challenged by experts and former...

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By Alessandra Potenza, The Verge | 08.30.2017

About two-thirds of Americans support the use of gene editing to treat diseases, according to a new survey. But opinions...