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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 Ludwig Burger and Ben Hirschler, Reuters | 11.26.2014
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(Reuters) - The Western world's first gene therapy drug is set to go on sale in Germany with...

By Iain Aitch, New Republic | 11.26.2014
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The most stirring art has the ability to make us stop, think, and even act, but a new...

By Julia Karow, GenomeWeb | 11.25.2014
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Results from an undercover performance test of five commercial noninvasive prenatal testing laboratories suggest...

By Ariel Bogle, Slate | 11.24.2014
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In vitro fertilization was originally intended to help a very specific young, married, and female demographic to conceive...

By Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast | 11.24.2014
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Welcome to the brave new world of technology-enhanced human reproduction with its promise of alleviating the heartache of...

By Marcy Darnovsky and Jessica Cussins, GeneWatch | 11.24.2014

The terms "genetically modified babies" and "designer babies" are attention-getters. But beyond the catchy sound bites, what do they really...

By Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast | 11.24.2014
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Welcome to the brave new world of technology-enhanced human reproduction with its promise of alleviating the heartache of...

By Katie Howe, BioNews | 11.24.2014
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A comprehensive international study has revealed striking similarities as well as some significant differences in the regulation of...