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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 Robin Marantz Henig, NPR | 08.28.2015
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With egg freezing being touted as a way for women to potentially expand future childbearing options, the viability...

By Matthew S. Bajko, Bay Area Reporter | 08.27.2015
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As a bill protecting the rights of same-sex parents who use sperm and egg donors advances in Sacramento...

By JTA, The Forward | 08.27.2015
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Nepal’s Supreme Court has issued an injunction to stop women from carrying surrogate pregnancies, depriving Israel same-sex couples...

By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 08.26.2015
Untitled Document A complete lack of formal scientific training has not kept Johan Sosa from dabbling with one of the...
By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 08.26.2015
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Chinese stem-cell scientists have welcomed long-awaited measures that, state media claim, will rein in rogue use of stem...

By Levi Pulkkinen, SeattlePI | 08.26.2015
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In a unanimous decision, a Washington appeals court has upheld a $50 million verdict in favor of a...

By Bonnie Steinbock, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 08.26.2015
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The Ohio legislature is expected to approve a bill this fall that would make it illegal for doctors...

By Stephen Corry, Truthout | 08.25.2015
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Iconoclasm - questioning heroes and ideals, and even tearing them down - can be the most difficult thing...