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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...

Illustrative painting of a woolly mammoth in a green, lush landscape, and a blue sky.
By John Hawks, Medium Science | 02.09.2017

George Church, artificial wombs, elephant embryos, and a gullible science media

According to the GuardianNew Scientist, and many...

Three empty hospital beds are shown in a dimly lit room.
By Juliana Edelman, The Irish Times | 02.09.2017

It hasn’t gone away, you know: Victorian junk science has its race-baiting adherents

When I teach Irish university students about ...

A lab scientist views a petri dish that is illuminated by a microscope light.
By Kelly Murray, CNN | 02.09.2017

In the not-so-distant future, research suggests, eggs and sperm may no longer be needed to make a baby -- at...

Two male scientists view a DNA sequence
By Claire Ainsworth, Nature | 02.07.2017

The intricate development of the fetus is yielding its long-held secrets to state-of-the-art molecular technologies that can make use of

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By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.03.2017

Evangelina Padilla Vaccaro of Corona is the new face of stem cell science in California. Born with “bubble baby” disease that...

Apples are displayed in a grocery market's produce stand.
By Dana Perls, STAT | 02.02.2017

The apple that never browns wants to change your mind about genetically modified foods.”

That headline in the Washington Post...

Illustrated image of a human hand holding a pipette onto three test tubes. The pipette appears to be inserting an onion sample. The test tubes have arrows pointing to an incubator labeled "PCR." Together, this image suggests to be a Do-It-Yourself Kit.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 01.31.2017

David Ishee’s plan was simple, if not exactly free of complication. From the shed that functions as his laboratory in...

Two generic passports are covered by a stamp block turned on its side.
By Chelsea Whyte, New Scientist | 01.31.2017

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that denies Syrian refugees entry to the US, suspends all refugee admissions for...