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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 prescription bottle lays on its side, with pills spilling out of its container
By Robert Faturechi , ProPublica | 01.19.2017

After hearing from a company whose CEO was a campaign contributor, a congressional aide to Donald Trump’s HHS nominee repeatedly

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A suitcase is open, with money over flowing.
By Charles Piller, STAT [cites CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.19.2017

It’s been more than a decade since California launched an unprecedented experiment in medical research by direct democracy, when voters...

A pile of puzzle pieces are scattered.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 01.18.2017

Imagine a scenario, perhaps a few years from now, in which Canada decides to release thousands of mosquitoes genetically modified...

Black and white image of a baby laying down. The baby's hands and fingers appear gently curled and are the focal point of the picture. In the background, the baby's nose and mouth are featured.
By Susan Scutti, CNN | 01.18.2017

It was a first for the entire world: Using a controversial in vitro fertilization technique, doctors in Kiev, Ukraine, helped...

A doctor uses a plastic transducer for an ultrasound of patient's uterus.
By Sandy Ong, Newsweek | 01.12.2017

Natalie Fitzpatrick, 29, had been through three rounds of in vitro fertilization when her doctors suggested she try immunotherapy. Each...

A traffic light appears yellow to signify caution (rather than a green go, and a red stop)
By Ekaterina Pesheva, Harvard Medical School [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.11.2017

In vitro fertilization has transformed reproductive medicine and sparked a number of therapeutic and diagnostic breakthroughs.

Now a new, still...

Landscape photo of the US White House. The American flag flies above the top and a water fountain flows in the front of the house.Trees are surrounding.
By Dylan Scott, STAT | 01.09.2017

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has promised to change Washington, and he surely will. Yet while he may play some wild...

Silhouette of a baby. The baby's back is turned away from the camera, facing a window with sunlight. A rubber duck and several other toys are placed on the baby's side.
By Jim Kozubek, Time, [cites CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.09.2017

CRISPR snips away risky genes—but even the bad have good in them