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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 Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 07.21.2016

MONTECITO, Calif. — Even as she mourned the death of her 29-year-old husband from a rare genetic disorder, Sarah Robertson...

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 07.21.2016

Chinese scientists are on the verge of being first in the world to inject people with cells modified using the...

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By New Scientist, New Scientist | 07.20.2016

HOW old is too old to have a baby? For many women in their 30s and 40s, that question nags...

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By ASNA, ASNA | 07.20.2016

(ANSA) - Milan, July 20 - Controversial fertility doctor Severino Antinori was indicted Wednesday for forcibly removing eight eggs from...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 07.20.2016

An important test of gene therapy in Italy is bringing joy and heartbreak to families afflicted with a rare brain...

By Bradley J. Fikes, The San Diego Union-Tribune | 07.20.2016

The modern era’s dramatic advances in medical care relies on more than scientists, doctors and biomedical companies. None of it...

By Michael Cook, Mercatornet | 07.20.2016

In 2004 the editors of the journal Foreign Policy asked several prominent intellectuals to identify the world’s most dangerous idea...

By Renate van der Zee, Al Jazeera [Czech Republic] | 07.19.2016

Ostrava, Czech Republic - "To be able to have children is so important for a woman," says Elena Gorolova. "When...