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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 Katherine Drabiak, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 02.26.2016
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Editor’s note: This essay responds to an invitation (issued here and here) to submit commentaries on the...

By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times | 02.26.2016
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Genetic information company 23andMe Inc.'s "spit kits" will be available at Walgreens stores, a company leader said Friday...

By Donna Dickenson, Project Syndicate | 02.25.2016

The global trade in babies born through commercial surrogacy is slowly being shut down. India, Nepal, Thailand, and Mexico have...

By Jon Brooks, KQED | 02.25.2016
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“The X-Files” revival has gotten some big ratings. Clearly a lot of fans (if not critics) are...

By Indira Lakshamanan, The Diane Rehm Show | 02.25.2016
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Researchers are now capable of creating a human embryo from the DNA of three people. A scientific panel...

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 02.25.2016
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Researchers in China say that they have discovered a way to make rudimentary mouse sperm in a dish...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 02.24.2016
Untitled Document A Chinese firm that says it has the technology to clone human beings has invested $15 million in...
By Ava Kofman, The Public Domain Review | 02.24.2016
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A complex pattern is capable of suggesting various readings, as the figuring on a wall-paper may suggest a...