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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 Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph [UK] | 05.03.2016

Untitled Document A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won...

By Eli Y. Adashi, The JAMA Forum | 05.03.2016
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In a first, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) of the United Kingdom recently approved a research...

Genesis Egg Donation & Surrogacy Group, Pasadena, CA.
By Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune | 04.30.2016
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With China’s controversial one-child policy no longer in effect, the U.S. is seeing a huge jump in surrogacy-related...

By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 04.29.2016
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Who stands to benefit from – or lose out on – gene editing? Advances in our ability to...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 04.29.2016
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Boston — An icy March wind was blowing across the Charles River, but in the laboratory of Intellia...

By Sarah Zhang, WIRED | 04.28.2016
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The breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 ar two of the famous sequences of DNA in the world...

By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 04.28.2016
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Aboard the International Space Station, six people are currently orbiting the planet at 17,000 miles per hour, taking...

By Editorial Board, The Chicago Tribune | 04.27.2016
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On Friday, scientists and policymakers meet in a Paris summit to grapple over the ethics and science of...