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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 Eleanor Robertson, The Guardian | 10.12.2015
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Hold onto your ovaries folks, womb transplants are here. Ten UK women have been approved for the...

By Rebecca Dimond, BioNews | 10.12.2015
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Genomic medicine has advanced rapidly in recent...

By Vanessa Gruben, Ottawa Citizen | 10.11.2015
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After a week of uncertainty and some confusion, the Ontario Ministry of Health finally announced its policy on...

By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 10.10.2015
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This week, a team from the University of California, Los Angeles claimed to have found several epigenetic marks—chemical...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 10.09.2015
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The public uproar about high drug prices has focused on outlandish cases such as single pills jacked up...

By Michael White, Pacific Standard | 10.09.2015
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Having a child who suffers from a major genetic disease can be one of life's most challenging surprises...

By Martin Kaste, NPR | 10.09.2015

Over the summer, the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which sets standards for physical evidence in state courts, came to...

By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 10.08.2015

Gay or straight? A saliva test can predict the answer, and get it right 67 per cent of the time...