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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...

By admin | 12.23.2016

Somatic gene transfer involves adding genes to cells other than egg or sperm cells. If you had a lung disease...

A gloved hand swabs a knife to collect DNA for evidence.
By Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times | 12.22.2016

California lawmakers are once again trying to expand the collection of DNA evidence in criminal cases, something they say has declined...

A human hand grips onto a microphone.
By Molly Bond and Deborah Scott, The Guardian | 12.22.2016

Outside the conference hall of the Moon Palace, a luxury Cancun resort, warm waves lapped white sands, bathed in...

The game, Jenga, is set up with themed animals and plants on each pieces. A human hand attempts to remove one piece from the connected collection.
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 12.21.2016

World governments at a United Nations biodiversity meeting this week rejected calls for a global moratorium on gene drives, a...

Two women view a computer desktop, appearing to be working.
By Alison DeNisco, Tech Republic, [cites CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 12.21.2016

Despite criticism over lack of gender diversity and family-friendly policies, the tech industry is far exceeding others in one area...

Silhouette of John Holdren.
By Dave Levitan, WIRED | 12.20.2016

President Obama’s science advisor, John Holdren, isn’t kidding when he praises his boss. “I sincerely think [he] is the most...

A black and white illustration of moral compass, with directions of "good," "evil," "progress," and "regress."
By Alexandra Minna Stern, Issues in Science and Technology | 12.20.2016

In "The History of Eugenics" (Issues, Spring 2016), Daniel J. Kevles rightly reminds us that many biotechnologies initially viewed...

Planet earth levitates in human hands.
By ETC Group, ETC Group | 12.19.2016

CANCUN, MEXICO — This week, 196 countries meeting at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties...