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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 Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times | 12.17.2014

We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart...

By Harry Glorikian, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 12.15.2014

What’s more valuable than your money, equally vulnerable, and unique to you? Answer: Your genome. And just like your money...

By Nicholas G. Evans and Jonathan D. Moreno, Journal of Law and the Biosciences | 12.15.2014
Abstract below. For full article, see here.

A recent article by Maxwell J. Mehlman and Tracy Yeheng Li, in...
By Marilyn M. Singleton, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons | 12.15.2014

[For references and the original pdf format, see here.]

When most people think of eugenics, they think of the...

By Beth Daley, New England Center for Investigative Reporting | 12.12.2014
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Stacie Chapman’s heart skipped when she answered the phone at home and her doctor — rather than a nurse...

By Shimon Koffler Fogel and Bev Heim-Myers, Huffington Post [Canada] | 12.12.2014
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Protecting members of our society from discrimination based on the colour of their skin, ethnicity, or ancestry is...

By Chris Woolston, Nature News | 12.12.2014
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Researchers love to blame the news media when reports about science are misleading or even wrong. But a...

By MARINA ADSHADE, The Globe and Mail | 12.12.2014

Last week, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette tabled a bill that, if passed, will prohibit women over the age of...