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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 Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 06.03.2015
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Three years ago, Bruce Conklin came across a method that made him change the course of his lab...

By Christopher Simmons, California Newswire | 06.03.2015
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A closely watched bill by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) to strengthen notice requirements for the storage of newborn...

By Jonathan Thomas, The Stem Cellar | 06.01.2015
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CIRM’s mission is to accelerate the delivery of stem cell treatments to patients with unmet medical needs. In...

By Matthew Herper, Forbes | 06.01.2015
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Invitae, the bold little company run by genomics veteran Randy Scott, today announced that it will offer any...

By William Ledger, The Age [Australia] | 05.31.2015
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All too frequently, I am faced with breaking bad news to disappointed couples in their early 40s who...

By Louis Doré, The Independent | 05.31.2015
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An NHS fertility doctor has called on the Education Secretary to include fertility lessons in the national curriculum...

By Mirah Riben, Dissident Voice | 05.30.2015
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The despair of wanting a child you are unable to produce naturally has led to a multi-billion dollar...

By Ellie Kincaid, Business Insider [Australia] | 05.29.2015
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“Test tube babies” are not that rare these days.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that...