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In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Bay Area startups are focused on just that. It wouldn’t be the first...

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...

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

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By Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News | 10.15.2025

Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also...

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By Karin Hammarberg and Catherine Mills, BioNews | 10.13.2025

The Australian fertility industry has been rocked by several recent cases of embryo and sperm mix-ups. With a lack of...

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By Abby McCloskey, The Dallas Morning News | 10.10.2025

We Texans like to do things our way — leave some hide on the fence rather than stay corralled, as...

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By Meagan Parrish, PharmaVoice | 10.10.2025

When CEO Ben Lamm steps into the spotlight, it’s usually to talk about his efforts bringing extinct animals back to...

Biotech
By Jared Whitlock, Endpoints News | 10.09.2025

When Nirnay Murthy learned about a treatment for his toddler son’s rare condition, relief quickly gave way to disappointment.

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By Megan Molteni and Anil Oza, STAT | 10.07.2025

For two years, a panel of scientific experts, clinicians, and patient advocates had been hammering out ways to increase community...

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By Deni Ellis Béchard, The Washington Post | 10.07.2025

In 1949, when John Gurdon was a 16-year-old boarding school student at Eton College in England, his teacher described his...