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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...

Illustrated image of four hands hoovering over a completed puzzle.
By Max Stendahl, Boston Business Journal | 12.16.2016

Four biotechs involved in the burgeoning field of gene editing announced a formal patent alliance on Friday that puts them...

A crack of light pours into a barely opened door.
By James Gallagher, BBC News | 12.15.2016

Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK's fertility regulator.

The historic and controversial...

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper stands at a podium as a speaker, with the Office of Director of National Intelligence symbol in the background.
By Himanshu Goenka, IB Times | 12.14.2016

Crispr is a tool that allows for genes to be edited, and has great potential in the treatment of a...

Scientist examines images of stem cells in a lab.
By Megan Molten, Wired | 12.13.2016

If Sammy Jo Wilkinson had a spirit animal, it would be Marty McFly. For the past four years, the 51...

A black and white photo of an enthusiastically excited audience cheering, clapping, and smiling.
By Nathaniel Comfort, Aeon | 12.12.2016

Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true...

An open bottle of prescribed medicine lays on top of several US dollar bills. The pills from the bottle are spread spilling over.
By Ed Silverman, STAT | 12.12.2016

Imagine being prescribed a medicine when neither your doctor nor the manufacturer has any clue whether it will actually work...

Folders from storage filing cabinet are lined on a table.
By Ronnie Cohen, Reuters Health | 12.12.2016

Hundreds of Californians who were forcibly sterilized based on eugenics laws in the last century might still be alive and...

A pale baby's hand is shown holding a flower.
By Michael Le Page, New Scientist | 12.09.2016

Many more three-parent babies will soon be on their way. A clinic in Mexico is planning to use the technique...