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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 Dr Trevor Stammers, St Mary’s University Blog | 02.16.2015
By Philippa Taylor, BioNews | 02.16.2015
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In a recent debate organised by the Progress Educational Trust in Parliament - 'Mitochondrial Donation: Is It...

By Abigail Zuger, The New York Times | 02.16.2015
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I had intended to discuss President Obama’s plans for personalized precision medicine with my patient Barbara last week...

By Global Dispatch, Global Dispatch | 02.13.2015

The so-called “three-parent embryo” legislation that the United Kingdom’s House of Commons passed Feb. 3 likely breaches a European Union...

By Helia Ighani, Council on Foreign Relations | 02.13.2015
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Since 2001, major metropolitan cities have increasingly conducted gas and chemical attack simulations in subway systems. Police departments...

By Denise Balkissoon, The Globe and Mail | 02.12.2015
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For 2 1/2 years, Sara Karklins tried very, very hard to get pregnant. In the fall of 2010...

By Verónica Calderón, El Pais | 02.12.2015
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Luis Delgado and José Antonio Fernández, a gay married couple from Spain, decided to have a child via...

By Corine Lesnes, Le Monde | 02.12.2015
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S’il fallait résumer la philosophie transhumaniste d’une idée, la plus extrême mais aussi la plus saisissante, ce serait...