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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 Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.31.2014
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The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it would start regulating medical laboratory testing, saying that...

By Rebecca J. Rosen, The Atlantic | 07.31.2014

The word "bank" typically refers to financial institutions, large and small, from the storefront where you go to cash your...

By Gloria Galloway, The Globe and Mail | 07.30.2014
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Would-be parents who turn to in vitro fertilization to conceive children will find inconsistent oversight of fertility clinics...

By Deccan Herald, Deccan Herald [India] | 07.29.2014

A recent United Nations study has pointed out the worsening trend in gender based sex selection practices – elimination of...

By Amanda Wilson, Pacific Standard | 07.29.2014
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Most people are now familiar with big data and how it’s used to target advertising or suggest love...

By Carl Elliott, Medium | 07.28.2014
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Two years ago, on a gray January afternoon, I visited the Ridge Avenue homeless shelter in Philadelphia. I...

By Steve Connor, The Independent | 07.28.2014
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The Government has been accused of misleading the public over the introduction of a new in vitro fertilisation...

By Bridie Smith, Sydney Morning Herald | 07.28.2014
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Authorities are warning of the risks of unproven stem cell treatments available in Australia and overseas after the...