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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 David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 04.30.2014
 BURLINGAME, Ca. – Directors of the California stem cell agency today selected Randy Mills, the former CEO of Osiris Therapeutics...
By Alison Abbott, Nature | 04.29.2014

An analysis of clinical studies that use adult stem cells to treat heart disease has raised questions about the value...

By Helen Briggs, BBC | 04.29.2014

A mother's diet around the time of conception can permanently influence her baby's DNA, research suggests.

Animal experiments show diet...

By Victoria Parsons, Medium | 04.28.2014
Everyday, checking; everyday, hoping. When the acceptance email from the journal finally arrived, a feeling of elation.

“Getting your first...

By Insoo Hyun, Nature | 04.28.2014

Three independent research teams have now used cloning technology to make human embryonic stem cells carrying the genomes of existing...

By Hannah Seligson, The New York Times | 04.28.2014

Here’s the question on the minds of people who spend tens of thousands of dollars on fertility treatments: What are...

By WSJ, The Wall Street Journal | 04.28.2014

Like many women going through fertility treatments, Nikki David had one thought when she learned she was pregnant with twins...

By Alice Bell, BBC | 04.28.2014
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If there is an idea associated with technology that needs to be ditched, it's that we are, or...