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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 Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times | 02.22.2016
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As diagnostic tests rely on ever-tinier amounts of blood, some scientists are striking a note of caution. As...

By John Vibes, The Free Thought Project | 02.21.2016
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New York, NY – A group of scientists who worked at a crime lab for the New York...

By Adam S. Cohen, Harvard Magazine | 02.19.2016
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In August 1912, Harvard president emeritus Charles William Eliot addressed the Harvard Club of San Francisco on a...

By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 02.19.2016
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In July 2015, the major antibody provider Santa Cruz Biotechnology owned 2,471 rabbits and 3,202 goats. Now the...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 02.18.2016
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San Franisco — If you ask people who don’t follow biotech too closely what they know about CRISPR...

By Leena Rao, Fortune | 02.18.2016
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Piraye Yurttas Beim had a shocking request for the makeup artist at the Yves St. Laurent counter at...

By Katie O'Reilly, The Atlantic | 02.18.2016
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When a woman agrees to become a gestational surrogate—meaning she’ll gestate an IVF-created embryo as it grows into...

By Christina Farr, Fast Company | 02.17.2016
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Jennifer Marie* should be an ideal candidate for life insurance: She’s 36, gainfully employed, and has no current...