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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 Joyce Liptrap, Letter to the Editor, News Leader | 06.25.2014
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In light of the recent Virginia budget announcements, a little known omission to the original budget should be...

By Oliver Tickell, The Ecologist | 06.25.2014
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A scientific study that identified serious health impacts on rats fed on 'Roundup ready' GMO maize has been...

By Shelley Rowland, Lexology | 06.25.2014

Last year, the Federal Court of Australia confirmed that isolated naturally occurring nucleic acid sequences are patent eligible subject matter. ...

By Susan Donaldson James, ABC | 06.25.2014
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Jennifer Lahl is on a crusade to outlaw surrogacy, the process by which women lend their wombs to...

By Cat Barton, AFP | 06.25.2014
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Lao Cai (Vietnam) (AFP) - When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party...

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, The Irish Times | 06.24.2014

The Government should explain what will happen to children whose parents break the law by entering into a commercial surrogacy...

By David Perry, ThisMess.net | 06.23.2014
Untitled Document Yesterday I published a guest post by Nancy McCrea Iannone, an expert on Down syndrome and pregnancy. I would...
By Patricia J. Williams, The Nation | 06.23.2014
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And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you’re going to fall, tell ’em a hookah...