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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...

Microscopic image of an egg being fertilized by intracytoplasmic sperm injection
By Haroon Siddique, The Guardian | 05.02.2017

HFEA says it has contacted clinics accused of offering women on low incomes free IVF treatment if they donate eggs

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Close-up image of a DNA double helix, stained in yellow, horizontally placed against a black background.
By The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Japan News | 04.28.2017

The government plans to drastically revise its basic policy on conducting research on human embryos, in an effort to implement...

A woman is attentively drawn to the smart phone she holds in her hands.
By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 04.28.2017

Last week, Google announced its latest foray into health care – an ambitious project to collect vast amounts of health...

An image of a human figure in a white tank top is mirrored by seven screens, adding more depth to the figure.
By Aaron Panofsky, Cultural Anthropology | 04.28.2017

This article is part of the series Evil Infrastructures.

What happens when white supremacists take genetic ancestry tests (GAT)...

A white woman is wrapped in Lottery scratchers, with a big smile.
By Gina Bellafante, New York Times | 04.27.2017

Dr. John Zhang, a well-known specialist in reproductive medicine who runs the New Hope Fertility Center out of a vast...

A team of surgeons are performs surgery. The patient is not visible.
By Wang Lianzhang, Sixth Tone | 04.27.2017

Fertility problems and lack of donors continue to prop up black market.

A 17-year-old girl sold more than 20 of...

Bird's eye view of a cutting board, displaying vegetables and an uncooked salmon. A bowl of peppercorns are plated to its side.
By Tess Doezema, Slate | 04.26.2017

The debate over a fish shows that scientists can be too quick to dismiss the public’s concerns.

“Keep Frankenfish off...

A US-100 dollar bill and 100 euro are tied by a rope together.
By Paul Basken , Chronicle of Higher Education | 04.25.2017

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are toughening their financial conflict-of-interest policies after publishing reports that some critics...