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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 Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post | 05.29.2015
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The FBI has notified crime labs across the country that it has discovered errors in data used by...

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 05.29.2015
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Seven years ago, Congress prohibited employers and insurers from discriminating against people with genes that increase their risks...

By Alexander Capron, The New York Times | 05.28.2015
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There is a precedent for establishing internationally agreed-upon limits for new science, though it can be hard to...

By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters | 05.27.2015
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A group of international researchers is making the case that genetic tests that look for multiple hereditary genes...

By Gregor Wolbring, Impact Ethics | 05.27.2015
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Human germline genetic modification, which involves making genetic changes that will be passed on to future generations, is...

By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.27.2015
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The National Academies of Science (NAS) and National Academies of Medicine (NAM) have their work cut out for...

By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press | 05.27.2015

The first report from a big public-private project to improve genetic testing reveals it is not as rock solid as...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 05.27.2015
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Calimmune, Inc., which has received $8.3 million from the California stem cell agency, today announced it has...