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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 Mairi Levitt, The Guardian | 11.03.2015
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The phrase “designer babies” has been bandied around for decades, but parents seeking to design a baby currently...

By Denis Campbell, The Guardian | 11.02.2015
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Fourteen babies have been born following the injection of very immature sperm cells into eggs – a technique...

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters | 10.30.2015
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Poland's ombudsman has challenged a new law on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as unconstitutional, saying it should not stop...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 10.30.2015
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When last we visited with the genetic testing firm 23andMe, it was in big trouble.

That was in...

By Lindsay Murdoch, Sydney Morning Herald | 10.30.2015
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Bangkok: A booming surrogacy industry chased out of Thailand and Nepal has turned to Cambodia, where many Australians...

By Rowan Hooper, New Scientist | 10.29.2015
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You have a 50-per-cent chance of carrying a gene that will radically change and then destroy your life...

By Yarden Katz, Boston Review | 10.28.2015
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Like much of our society, the American university is increasingly scrutinized through an economic lens. The value of...

By Nida Najar, The New York Times | 10.28.2015

NEW DELHI — The Indian government says it wants to prevent Indian women from becoming surrogate birth mothers for foreigners...