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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 Andrew Joseph, Stat News | 12.23.2015
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Precision medicine, in which drugs are matched to individual patients, has generated tons of buzz, from patient organizations...

By Janene Pieters, NL Times [Netherlands] | 12.23.2015
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The Healthcare Inspectorate is investigating two commercial clinics in Amsterdam and Rotterdam where doctors treat chronically ill patients...

By Yoon Min-sik, The Korea Herald | 12.23.2015
Untitled Document The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Seoul National University’s dismissal of Hwang Woo-suk was justifiable, marking an...
By Stephen Moss, The Guardian | 12.23.2015
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The first thing to say is that $100,000 is a lot of money. Especially for a dog. OK...

By Ken Kolker, WOOD | 12.23.2015
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MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — It started with an armed robbery at a Norton Shores Shell station in July...

By Margaret Somerville, The Globe and Mail [Canada] | 12.21.2015
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“Editing” the human germline – the genes passed on from generation to generation that have evolved naturally over...

By Ludwig Burger, Reuters | 12.21.2015
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Bayer will spend 325 million euros ($353 million) on research into a promising new gene editing technology as...

By Meg Urry, Nature | 12.21.2015
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Untitled Document Gender equality in science made headlines repeatedly this year. Nobel-prizewinning biochemist Tim Hunt made his ill-advised...