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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...

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By Maggie Fox, NBC News [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.28.2016

A healthy baby boy has been born after he was conceived using a "three-parent" technique to manipulate his DNA, doctors...

A mastiff dog poses lying down on its stomach,with reading glasses on its face, and a book at its side.
By Kristen V. Brown, Fusion | 09.28.2016

It was after a home invasion almost a decade ago that David Ishee first got interested in breeding dogs. A...

A woman is looking at her smart mobile phone.
By Selena Larson, CNNMoney | 09.28.2016

Picking a sperm donor is now like picking a partner for people in the UK.

The London Sperm Bank's new...

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By Emily Willingham, Forbes [citing CGS] | 09.28.2016

A U.S. fertility specialist, foiled by U.S. regulations, took his tools to Mexico to tweak human cells into developing into...

Dr. John Zhang, New Hope Fertility Center (New York City).
By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 09.28.2016

A reported world-first in fertility therapy — a baby boy conceived using a controversial technique that mixes DNA from three...

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By Melanie Evans, Wall Street Journal | 09.25.2016

The race is on to develop better ways to predict if patients will develop diabetes, heart disease or other critical...

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By Dave Mosher, Business Insider | 09.24.2016

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may reportedly still engage in a banned practice that manipulates popular news coverage...

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By Rachael Rettner, LiveScience [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.23.2016

Scientists in Sweden have become the first to edit the genetic material in healthy human embryos, but what exactly are...