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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 Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post | 06.08.2016

It is premature to fight malaria, Zika, Lyme and other diseases with genetically engineered insects or other animals that have been...

By Nelson Michael & Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 06.08.2016

With an election round the corner, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is coming to the end...

By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 06.07.2016
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If you are interested in the buying and selling of human eggs, you might want to take in...

By Meghana Keshavan, STAT News | 06.07.2016

SAN FRANCISCO — Uncle Sam wants you to turn over your health records. And Dr. Robert Califf, the cardiologist who...

By Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post | 06.06.2016

CHICAGO — Vice President Biden on Monday announced the launch of a first-of-its kind, open-access cancer database to allow researchers...

By Fergus Walsh, BBC News | 06.06.2016

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CRISPR - get to know this acronym. It's good...

By Kevin Rawlinson & Nicola Davis, The Guardian | 06.06.2016

Scientists trying to grow human organs inside pigs in an attempt to tackle a shortage of donors have successfully created...

By Charles Piller, STAT News | 06.06.2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google employees, squeezed onto metal risers and standing in the back of a meeting room, erupted...