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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...

Microscopic telomere
By Melinda Beck, Wall Street Journal | 10.24.2016

Your cells might be aging faster than you are, and new tests purport to help you find out.

A few...

Black and white image of the compass directions--North, East, South and West-- on the ground, with humans wearing shoes surrounding it.
By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho, Econtimes | 10.24.2016

The debate that followed initial experiments using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool show that old stereotypes about Asia still resonate...

A piggy bank is surrounded by one hundred dollar bills. A hand is extended to place a bill into the piggy bank.
By Pamela M Tsigdinos, Healthcare in America | 10.23.2016

On average, the cost of a basic IVF cycle in the U.S ranges from $12,000 — $15,000 yet three out of four

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A measuring tape lines a stack of folders and bound books on a table.
By Bethany Berkshire, ScienceNews | 10.21.2016

Most of us spend our careers trying to meet — and hopefully exceed — expectations. Scientists do too. But the...

With dark surroundings, a human-like character approaches a white door.
By Kate Johnson, Medscape | 10.20.2016

SALT LAKE CITY — Details about the baby born with the help of spindle nuclear transfer, known as the "...

Illustrated vaginal ultrasonography of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
By Donna de la Cruz, The New York Times | 10.20.2016

Justine Griffin was 25 when she submitted an application to donate her eggs to a fertility clinic in Florida, detailing...

Four pale hands suggestively wearing suits as their sleeves, hold small amounts of US dollar bills.
By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe | 10.19.2016

Crispr Therapeutics Inc. stumbled in its initial public offering, more evidence that investors are cooling on the promising gene-editing technology...

A baby sits in front and engages with a laptop.
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science Magazine | 10.19.2016

One of the first studies to explore the idea of routinely sequencing the genes of newborns to help guide their...