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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 Marcy Darnovsky & George Church, Wall Street Journal | 04.10.2016

The development of technology that allows human genes to be edited has stirred tremendous excitement about the potential for treating...

By Marion Callahan, Bucks County Courier Times / The Herald | 04.09.2016
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Danette Peeples felt broken.

For more than two years, she looked at women who were pregnant and thought...

By Alana Cattapan & Françoise Baylis, The Star [Toronto] | 04.09.2016
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Every so often people complain about a shortage of sperm donors in Canada. For example, Liberal MP Anthony...

By Eram Agha, The Times of India | 04.09.2016
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ALIGARH: In spite of grieving the loss of their two unwed sons, a couple in their early 50's...

By Amy Schaeffer, The Inquisitr | 04.09.2016
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While most people aren’t extremely concerned about what gender child they have, it’s becoming more and more important...

Keiko Fujimori
By Manuel Rueda, Fusion | 04.08.2016
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LIMA, Peru – A group of young women hike up their skirts and smear each other’s inner thighs...

By Lee Fang, The Intercept | 04.08.2016
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SKINCENTIAL SCIENCES, a company with an innovative line of cosmetic products marketed as a way to erase blemishes and soften skin...

By Ewen Callaway, Nature News | 04.08.2016
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Researchers in China have reported editing the genes of human embryos to try to make them resistant to...