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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 Editorial, New Scientist | 03.15.2017

The gene-editing revolution continues to gather pace, but it is also throwing us curveballs. One is an unexpected technical hitch (see...

A teddy bear is turned on its side, on the floor of a darkened room.
By United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Population Fund | 03.15.2017

“I’ve been a priest for 25 years. During this time, I’ve met a lot of families ready to terminate their...

Patient lays horizontally. Image is a close up of a patient undergoing an eye procedure as a doctor touches the eye with an instrument.
By Denise Grady, New York Times | 03.15.2017

Three women suffered severe, permanent eye damage after stem cells were injected into their eyes, in an unproven treatment at...

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By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 03.15.2017

Over the course of seven years, Sezenia Tzeni endured seven rounds of in vitro fertilization. Typically, women undergo only three...

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By Katherine Drabiak, The Hastings Center | 03.14.2017

In the past few weeks media outlets have been reporting on the release of Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and...

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By Nathaniel Comfort, Genome Magazine | 03.13.2017

"Can we cure all diseases in our children’s lifetime?” The pediatrician Priscilla Chan and her husband, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder...

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By Steve May, VT Digger | 03.13.2017

Charles Murray, who spoke recently at Middlebury College, has reprised “the best of eugenics” to inform his lectures and writings...

Drawing of the message "YOU." The letter "O" is drawn as a clock figure that is attached as if it were a kite, and being held by a silhouette of the grim reaper. The letter "U" is turned into a sign that reads "No U Turn."
By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 03.13.2017

The life insurance business is all about betting on how long you’re likely to live. Now, one company is turning to the...