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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 Brandy Zadrozny, The Daily Beast | 01.06.2016
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Backed by a well-known anti-choice lawyer, a surrogate mother-to-be in California is suing the genetic father (and intended...

By Andy Coghlan, New Scientist | 01.06.2016
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KEEP them close. Women having IVF can now incubate embryos in their own bodies before they are implanted...

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 01.06.2016
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Formidable capacity in genome sequencing, access to millions of patients and the promise of solid governmental support: those...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 01.06.2016
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Braving a funding ban put in place by America’s top health agency, some U.S. research centers are moving...

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By Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post | 01.05.2016
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Which technology promises to most dramatically change our lives? A plausible answer is artificial intelligence -- see part...

By Roland Nadler, Law and Biosciences Blog | 01.04.2016
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Philosopher Russell Blackford argues that regulatory authorities should not allow “the tyranny of mere public opinion”...

By Lydia Ramsey, Business Insider | 01.04.2016
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A gene-editing company that hopes to start using a controversial new technique — which has so far only...