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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 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...

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 07.27.2014
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CANCÚN, Mexico — Rudy Rupak, the founder of Planet Hospital, a medical tourism company based in California...

By Elisabetta Povoledo, The New York Times | 07.26.2014
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ROME — The body of Yara Gambirasio, a 13-year-old student, was found on a chilly day in a...

By Jessica Barrett, Calgary Herald [Canada] | 07.25.2014
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A Calgary woman says she was shocked to learn of a policy at the city’s only fertility treatment...

By George Dvorsky, io9 | 07.25.2014
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It's the ultimate baseline study — an effort to collect the fullest picture of what a healthy human...

By Susan Scutti, Newsweek | 07.24.2014
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Thinner than average, with serious, shadowed eyes, Kevin Anderson, 36, has worked as a filmmaker for over 10...

By Calum MacKellar, The Scotsman | 07.24.2014
In the minds of many, eugenic policies defined as strategies aimed at positively influencing the genetic heritage of a community...
By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 07.24.2014
Researchers seeking to unpick the complex genetic basis of mental disorders such as schizophrenia have taken a huge step towards...