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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 SynBioWatch, SynBioWatch | 10.17.2014

PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA– In a unanimous decision of 194 countries, the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today formally...

By Laura Sydell, NPR | 10.17.2014
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In the Silicon Valley arms race to lure the top talent with the best benefits, Facebook and Apple...

By Mark Leach, Down Syndrome Prenatal Testing | 10.17.2014
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Three years ago, a new prenatal test for Down syndrome entered the market offering earlier, safer, and more...

By Lenzi Sheible, RH Reality Check | 10.17.2014
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In a piece for RH Reality Check last month, Erin Matson highlighted anti-abortion groups’ false advocacy for people...

By Jessica Cussins, The Huffington Post | 10.16.2014

The workforces of Facebook and Apple are 69 percent and 70 percent male, and the companies have been getting a...

By Abby Lippman, The Globe and Mail | 10.16.2014

For $199, Canadians will soon be able to buy the latest genetic play kit – and will be able to...

By Liza Mundy; Stephanie Stark; Jeff Gillis, Marcy Darnovsky; Brigid Schulte, The Weekly Wonk | 10.16.2014

If you have children under the age of ten (or know anyone who does), you know at least one person...

By Miriam Zoll, The New York Times | 10.16.2014
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Responsible doctors should not be recommending egg freezing to perfectly healthy young women who have no medically indicated...