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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 Sharon Fernandes, Times of India | 08.02.2015

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By Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times | 07.31.2015
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UC Irvine has put out a call for artists who want to manipulate the building blocks of life...

By Jeff Bessen, The Conversation | 07.29.2015
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CRISPR/Cas is a new technology that allows unprecedented control over the DNA code. It’s sparked a revolution in...

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 07.29.2015

A new law banning commercial surrogacy takes effect July 30 even as controversy continues to swirl around children born before...

By Kirk Bloodsworth, The Hill | 07.29.2015

I'll never forget how lonely I felt when the jury announced its guilty verdict and the courtroom erupted in applause...

By Dusko Ilic, BioNews | 07.27.2015
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In their latest study, published in the Nature, Shoukrat Mitalipov and collaborators, including Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte...

By Ashby Jones, The Wall Street Journal | 07.26.2015
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How much is a human egg worth? The question is at the heart of a federal lawsuit brought...

By Namita Kohli, Hindustan Times | 07.26.2015
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It's early morning in the mid western state of Ohio in the US, but Michael Morris (name changed...