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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...

A baby stiffly lays in a cardboard box, surrounded by package bubble wrap.
By Marcy Darnovsky & Elliot Hosman, GeneWatch | 03.31.2017

As of this year, the creation of genetically engineered and enhanced future human beings is no longer a scientific hypothetical...

Portrait of Alondra Nelson deeply engaged at a speaking event.
By Misha Angrist, Genome Magazine | 03.30.2017

Why did you choose to examine African-Americans’ approach to genetic ancestry in The Social Life of DNA?
Given the Tuskegee...

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By Cecilia Kang & Michael D. Shear, New York Times | 03.30.2017

WASHINGTON — On the fourth floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the staff of the White House chief technology...

Retina scan of an eye.
By David Cyranoski, Nature | 03.28.2017

World-first transplant, used to treat macular degeneration, represents a major step forward in movement to create banks of ready-made stem

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By Clare Wilson, New Scientist | 03.28.2017

It’s ovulation in the lab. A simulated female reproductive system behaves almost like the real thing over 28 days.

“Menstruation...

A clock is infinitely spiraling downward.
By Nicole Hemmer , Vox | 03.28.2017

“[Geert] Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” Iowa Rep. Steve King tweeted earlier this month, referring to...

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By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 03.28.2017

In an effort to prevent the spread of Zika virus, Harris County officials are in discussions with Oxitec to release

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By Angela Mulholland, CTV News | 03.28.2017

Many Canadians who have turned to assisted reproductive technologies over the past 10 years are now eligible for a retroactive...