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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 Cath Becker and Suzan Clarke, Good Morning America | 11.18.2014
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Researchers at UCLA announced today that they had cured 18 children who were born with the so-called Bubble...

By The Philippine Star, The Philippine Star | 11.17.2014

MANILA, Philippines - Recent years have seen a boom in the number of stem cell clinics opening to the public...

By Margaret Somerville, National Post | 11.17.2014
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Apple’s and Facebook’s announcement last month that they would offer $20,000 health insurance coverage to women employees to...

By Kelly Crowe, CBC News | 11.17.2014
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It is no longer enough for scientists to discover something, publish their findings and advance knowledge. These days...

By David E. Jensen, Sacramento Bee | 11.15.2014
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Twenty years ago, a 341-pound football player smashed into Roman Reed during a Chabot College game in Hayward...

By Alok Putul and Anu Anand, The Guardian | 11.15.2014
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A woman who became seriously ill at the Indian sterilisation camps that have killed 15 women has spoken...

By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 11.14.2014
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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a provocative cross-species experiment, scientists are striving to rewrite the pig genome so the...

By Brendan Borrell, Nature News | 11.14.2014
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A new DNA-based recorder allows bioengineers to create cell cultures that detect information in their environment and store...